Published on: Aug 19, 2025 05:36 am IST
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier W SAPPHIRE caught fire in Baltimore’s Patapsco River, as per radar information. It had left For Port Louis on Monday.
A bulk carrier caught fire in the Patapsco River near the Francis Scott Key Bridge site in Baltimore. Maritime radar information shows that the vessel is W SAPPHIRE, a bulk carrier currently flagged under Liberia.
Radar records show that the ship’s call sign is D5AF7, with an IMO number of 9605645 and an MMSI number of 636023364. The ship departed from Baltimore on Monday, 18 August at 5:55 p.m. and was en route to Port Louis, Mauritius, with an estimated arrival on September 23.
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