Resolve Marine Tackles Fire on 7,500-Car Min Jiang Kou 630 Miles Off Costa Rica

3 articles · Updated · Riviera Maritime Media · Aug 10

Resolve Marine has been hired to extinguish the fire and recover Min Jiang Kou, a 2024-built LNG-fuelled vehicle carrier left drifting in the Pacific about 630 miles off Costa Rica.
An engineroom fire broke out on 6 August as the 72,255-gt ship sailed from Shanghai to Manta; the crew first used the CO2 suppression system, but the blaze later flared into an inferno.
The US Coast Guard is coordinating salvage after the captain ordered abandonment; bulk carrier Jin Hai Ping rescued all 22 mariners from lifeboats, with tanker Degu also diverting to assist.
No environmental impact has been reported, and authorities have not said what caused the fire or whether LNG fuel was on board.
COSCO's Marshall Islands-flagged ship can carry 7,500 vehicles and is part of a newer dual-fuel fleet marketed for lower emissions and energy use.

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Why did a modern ship's fire suppression system fail so spectacularly, leaving a massive LNG-fuelled carrier drifting in the Pacific?

Could the highly touted green LNG technology on this massive car carrier actually be the hidden catalyst behind its uncontrollable blaze?

With thousands of vehicles potentially aboard, what catastrophic environmental fallout awaits if salvage crews cannot secure this drifting ghost ship?