Deadly fire in a ship carrying 3000 cars off the coast of Netherlands

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 26 July 2023 at 10:36:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Security, marine traffic, Netherlands
Fig. 1 - S2 (26.07.2023) - A fire broke out on 26 July on board a ship sailing 50 km north of the Dutch island of Ameland.
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The "Fremantle Highway", a 18,500-tonne container vessel registered in Panama, was carrying some 3000 cars. One person died and several were injured.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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