The suspected cause of the fire on board the Liberian cargo vessel APL Austria is a chemical known as “calcium hypochlorite”, the South African Maritime Safety Authority said citing preliminary ...

The joint effort undertaken by a Disaster Management team at the Port of Ngqura has helped to avert a potential maritime disaster and ultimately saved the container vessel APL Austria, which caught ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Specialist hazardous cargo fire experts have been flown in from London and Austria to assist ...