“Shipping and Freight Ressource reported previously that part of the 16-year-old Yantian Express the 7,510 TEU, 320m German-flagged ship of Hapag Lloyd went up in flames on the 3rd of Jan 2019 while on its way from Colombo to Halifax via the Suez Canal..
The container fire that broke out was largely contained and brought under control after one week through the launching of immediate fire-fighting efforts.. Since then, the remaining salvage operations have made considerable progress as per updates from Hapag-Lloyd.”
These fires can be detected early-on by using Internet of Cargo sensors.
https://shippingandfreightresource.com/yantian-express-fire-update-25-01-2019/