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Kitano (container Ship)
''Kitano'' was a Japanese container ship. She was delivered in Japan in 1990 to Japanese container line NYK and scrapped in China in November 2011. 2001 fire ''Kitano'' left the Port of New York at 0730 on 21 March 2001. At 1600 ''Kitano''s crew observed that a container had caught fire. The container that caught fire contained 14 tons of activated carbon pellets impregnated with potassium hydroxide (caustic potash). Most of the pellets were in open mesh bags on wooden pallets. Two nearby containers were: ''"...loaded with barrels of camphene-90 wax, a class 4.1 dangerous cargo."'' At 1636 ''Kitano'' requested assistance. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada was the nearest port. Search and rescue aircraft were dispatched, as were several surface vessels, , and . When the vessels were dispatched the wind was at force 8. The weather conditions proved too extreme for the 140-ton ''Firebird'', the Canadian Forces' dedicated fireboat, to leave harbour. The Canadian Coast Guard vess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Shipping Line), also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company and is a member of the Mitsubishi '' keiretsu''. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a fleet of about 800 ships, which includes container ships, tankers, bulk and woodchip carriers, roll-on/roll-off car carriers, reefer vessels, LNG carriers, and cruise ships. Currently, it is a member of the Ocean Network Express company. History 1870-1900 The company traces its history back to the ''Tsukumo Shokai'' shipping company founded by the Tosa clan in 1870. In 1875, as the renamed ''Mitsubishi Shokai'', the company inaugurated Japan's first passenger liner service, with a route from Yokohama to Shanghai; in that same year, the company name was changed to Mitsubishi Mail Steamship Company. In 1885, a merger with ''Kyodo Unyu Kaisha'' (founded 1882) led to the adoption of the company's present name.NYKHistory./ref> The merged com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
