The fire-damaged Min Jiang Kou remains in Panamanian waters while salvage teams work to cool and stabilise the ship after temperatures rose in parts of its decks, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) said.
The Marshall Islands-flagged Ro-Ro vessel has no crew and is still in blackout condition, meaning it has no electrical power. Three tugboats are helping with the salvage work.
The rise in temperature was detected on the night of September 7. Higher temperatures were found in some areas of the ship’s decks. The reason for the temperature rise is still being checked.
Salvors are cooling the hull and working to keep the vessel stable.
The salvage company asked for the ship to enter Panamanian waters so it could carry out the work needed to stabilise the vessel.
The ship was about 600 nautical miles from Panama when it entered the country’s waters.
Earlier fire
The Min Jiang Kou suffered an engine-room fire on August 6, about 630
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