MORNING MIDAS

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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.

Australia Fined Ship For Discharging Mooring Line

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted UK based company, Lombard Corporate Finance Limited, the owners of UK flagged car carrier, MORNING MIDAS, following a pollution incident in Port Phillips Heads in August last year. Lombard Corporate Finance Limited was convicted, fined $5000 and ordered to pay costs after it was found guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday, July 18, of contravening section 26F (3) of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983. The charges relate to a collision between the pilot launch WYUNA III and a mooring line discarded by MORNING MIDAS in the early hours of August 1, 2012. The 30-35m mooring line was found discarded in the vicinity of the pilot boarding station outside Port Phillip Heads when WYUNA III collided with it, fouling its propellers and stalling both engines.