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Resolve Marine contracted with salvage of burning vehicles carrier - first tug due to arrive on June 9

The US Coast Guard continued its response to the 'Morning Midas' on June 5. A Coast Guard HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak conducted an overflight of the 'Morning Midas', which was adrift 340 miles southwest of Adakon June 4 and observed that the vessel was still on fire. The observation revealed that the fire in fact had spread to multiple decks, and the vessel appeared to be listing by the stern. There was also a visible sheen in the water and visible flames weere coming off the stern. The 17th Coast Guard District has issued a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to notify mariners in the area of the situation. Zodiac Maritime, the vessel’s manager, was coordinating to send a team of salvage specialists to the vessel for further assessments, and has appointed the Resolve Marine to lead the salvage operations. The crew of the vehicles carrier remained aboard the container m/v 'COSCO Hellas', transiting to Balboa, the vessel’s next port of destination, with an ETA as of June 20. There were no reported injuries. Despite the crew’s activation of the emergency firefighting protocols and deployment of onboard fire suppression systems, the intensity of the fire had forced the crew to abandon ship. The incident began on June 3 at around 00:00 UTC. when smoke was observed emanating from a deck carrying electric vehicles. A first tug carrying a team of salvage specialists and specialised equipment has already been mobilized and is expected to arrive at the scene on approximately June 9. There it will assess the vessel’s condition and provide necessary support. An additional fire-fighting tug, capable of ocean towage, is also being arranged to provide further support. In the meantime the Zodiac managers will continue to monitor the abandoned vessel via onboard systems that have remained connected to satellite tracking, however,the ability to monitor onboard conditions was limited. Video: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/965531/coast-guard-conducts-overflight-vessel-fire-offshore-adak-alaska

Abandoned vehicles carrier still on fire

After the US Coast Guard's 17 th District command center received a distress alert from the 'Morning Midas' on June 3 at approximately 3:15 p.m., the watchstanders immediately issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast requesting assistance from vessels in the vicinity and also diverted the Coast Guard Cutter 'Munro (WMSL 755)' to the area, directed the launch of a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the Air Station Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter in Adak. All 22 crew members aboard the 'Morning Midas' evacuated the ship aboard a lifeboat and were subsequently rescued by the crew of the container m/v 'Cosco Hellas' (IMO: 9308510), en route from Balboa to Busan, one of the three good Samaritan vessels on scene, with no reported injuries. The Coast Guard crews were working closely with the vessel’s managing company, the Zodiac Maritime, to determine the disposition of the vessel, which was estimated to have approximately 350 metric tons of gas fuel and 1,530 metric tons of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) onboard as well as a cargo of 3,048 vehicles, with 70 being fully electric vehicles and 681 being partial hybrid. The status of the fire was currently unknown, but smoke was still emanating from the vessel. The Zodiac Maritime can be contacted via email at media@navigateresponse.com or by phone at 44-207-283-9915 or 65-6222-6375. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4206451/coast-guard-responds-to-vessel-fire-offshore-adak-alaska/

Fire on vehicles carrier off Alaska

The 'Morning Midas', en route from Yantai to Lázaro Cárdenas with 22 crew members on board, caught fiire on the night of June 3, 2025, at around midnight, about 300 nautical miles southwest of Adak, Alaska. During the night, smoke had started emanating from a deck in which electric vehicles were stored. The ship had on board 3000 vehicles, 800 of which were electric vehicles. On the morning of JKune 4, the US Coast Guard responded to the distress situation and deployed a cutter and an aircraft to support the shp's crew in battling the fire. Three container ships, including the 'Manukai' (IMO: 9244130) and the 'Cosco Hellas' (IMO: 9308510), have also altered course to assist. The crew had initiated emergency firefighting procedures using the vessel’s onboard fire suppression systems. Despite their efforts, the situation could not be brought under control, The crew thereupon evacuated from board on a lifeboat and was transferred to a nearby merchant vessel. A tug has been deployed to support salvage and firefighting operations. The vessel was previously involved in a pollution case, which resulted in a fine for the former owner UK-based Lombard Corporate Finance Ltd., by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). The charges go back to a collision with a pilot vessel in Aug 2022. The ship has a clean port state detention control record. An inspection in Oregon in Jan 2025 found no deficiencies.