A firefighting tugboat arrived Friday evening to help extinguish a fire burning aboard a container ship that's about 1,500 kilometres southeast of Halifax, but weather conditions remain too poor for the crew to carry out its work. "The weather and sea conditions are still difficult and further extinguishing work requires an improvement of these conditions," said company spokesperson Tim Seifert in an email. The ship was on its way from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Halifax via the Suez Canal. A cargo ship from the Netherlands, the MV Happy Ranger, was offering assistance to the Yantian Express, but has since been relieved by the firefighting tugboat. Seifert said it's too soon to know how much damage the cargo or ship suffered.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2019 19:30 UTC