Grimaldi calls for more controls after second ConR

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The Grimaldi ConRo vessel Grande Europa was hit by a fire that broke out during the night of May 15 while 25 miles offshore Palma de Mallorca sailing from Salerno to Valencia.

In addition to 25 crewmembers, the ship was carrying 1,687 vehicles including cars, vans, trucks and excavators plus 49 containers of mainly food products.

The first fire began on deck three that was put out by the crew in less than hour and then at 04:00 a second fire broke out on deck eight of the ship that then spread to deck nine.

By 14:00 the crew, with assistance from a Spanish firefighting tug, had put out the fire and the vessel was subsequently towed to the port of Palma de Mallorca.

The company says a preliminary investigation suggests the two fires started from two different new vehicles stowed on board, and then spread to nearby units.

Grimaldi also wants a total ban on personal effects in second-hand vehicles carried by RoRo vessels and calls on the International Maritime Organisation to make mandatory the certification by a classification society of the correct stuffing of containers carrying dangerous goods.

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