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Apparently the explosion occurred just after the vessel was ‘all fast’, thus the main engine was not in operation at that moment. Further reports say incident occurred in ‘boiler room’. If this is the case, it may indicate that the auxiliary boiler was being flashed up (i.e. started – always regarded as the most ‘dangerous’ time for potential problems in boiler ops) for power in port. At sea, when the main engine is running, these ships use a waste heat recovery boiler utilising heat from the main engine exhaust.
The Manhattan Bridge is a modern container ship and is currently sailing under the flag of Japan.
She was built in 2015 at 366 metres long and can carry up to 14,000 containers.
Operated by K-LINE, her next destination was due to be De Ham, the Port of Hamburg, and the estimated time of arrival was January 22 at 3am.
Source: https://felixstowedocker.blogspot.gr/search?updated-max=2017-01-21T16:30:00Z&max-results=3
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