![]() ![]() US-led maritime forces are warning ships against approaching Iranian waters. The United States is boosting its military presence in Gulf waters to deter Iran's increasing threats to ships and oil tankers, in a step aimed at enhancing Washington’s role in protecting the strategic region.Īfter arriving earlier this week in the Gulf of Oman, the USS Bataan and the USS Carter approached the Strait of Hormuz, boarding about 3,000 US soldiers to join the US bases in the Gulf. It’s also near the Netherlands’ border with Germany, whose environment minister, Steffi Lemke, has warned of "an environmental catastrophe of unknown proportions,” if the ship were to sink. The burning vessel is close to the shallow Wadden Sea, a World Heritage-listed area that is considered one of the world’s most significant habitats for migratory birds. The ministry said the ship is stable and intact below the waterline. The aim is ultimately “once conditions on board allow,” to tow the ship to a port, though the destination has not yet been decided. ![]() The timing of the operation that is expected to take 12-14 hours depends on smoke development and weather, the ministry added. It will be towed, likely over the weekend, to a new position 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the island of Schiermonnikoog, the ministry said in a statement. Measurements Friday showed that heat, flames and smoke had subsided enough for salvage experts to board the ship for the first time and establish a strong towing connection with a tugboat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management said. The cause of the fire has not been established, The Associated Press said. The crew was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday. One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out on the ship that was heading from Bremerhaven in Germany to Singapore. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said. Salvage crews were preparing Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said.įire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. ![]()
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