#WATCH: Footage from #JebelAli Port after an explosion and a container ship caught fire (Video: Twitter/ #Dubai /tms9TP8QEpĪ Dubai official told Al Arabiya that the fire was the result of an accident inside a container that contained flammable materials. #WATCH: Explosion rocks #Dubai, with reports of a ship on fire at Jebel Ali Port (Video: /w2oitdMDAJ Sash and Inzu Ship Charter did not immediately respond to request for comment.Ī video posted by the website Lovin Dubai filmed from an apartment tower showed a fireball leaping into the nightsky. The United Nations ship database identified the vessel’s owners as Sash Shipping corporation. Ship tracking data showed the vessel had been sailing up and down the coast of the UAE since April. The Ocean Trader docked at Jebel Ali Port at midday Wednesday. Ship tracker MarineTraffic showed a fleet of small support vessels surrounding a docked container ship called the Ocean Trader flagged in Comoros. Mona Al-Marri, director general of the Dubai Media Office, told Al-Arabiya the incident “could happen anywhere in the world” and that authorities were investigating the cause.ĭubai authorities did not identify the stricken ship beyond saying it was a small vessel with a capacity of 130 containers.
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No injuries were reported, the DMO said, adding that the fire had been brought under control.ĭubai authorities told the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV that the crew had evacuated in time and that the fire appeared to have started in one of the containers holding flammable material, without elaborating. (AP)Ī statement by the Jebel Ali Port on Thursday said that movement was normal in the port, according to the approved schedule.
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Jebel Ali Free Zone attracts nearly a quarter of foreign direct investment to Dubai.
A Dubai Civil Defense team is working to put out the blaze." DUBAI: A huge explosion shook buildings in Dubai late on Wednesday with authorities saying there had been a fire on board a commercial ship anchored off Jebal Ali Port.ĭubai Media Office (DMO) said: "A fire has been reported to have broken out in a container within a ship anchored in Jebel Ali Port.
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