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MSC ship ablaze in mid-Atlantic

A seaman has died and another is missing after the 6732teu MSC Flaminia caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic. The 11-year-old chartered vessel was on MSC's voyage number 1225R and had departed Charleston on 7 July and was due in Antwerp on 17 July. She was due to call in Felixstowe on 19 July, according to MSC's schedules. The tanker DS Crown changed course and recovered 24 persons from a ... [+]