June 25, 2021 01:24 pmA fire has erupted in the engine room of a Liberia-flagged container ship on route to Singapore from Sri Lanka, the navy spokesman confirmed today. According to Captain Indika de Silva, the fire has broken out aboard ‘MSC Messina’ nearly 480 nautical miles off Great Basses Reef Light House in off Kirinda, Sri Lanka. The Matirime Bulletin reported that the incident took place at around 1930 UTC yesterday (June 24). “The ship was disabled, and as of 0415 UTC June 25 remained disabled, adrift.”

Source: The Nation June 25, 2021 07:52 UTC