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Anna towed to Dordrecht

The "Anna" was taken in tow by the tugs "Gepke" and "Gepke III" on June 27 at 6.30 p.m. and pulled from Rotterdam, where the Safety Research Council conducted an exploratory investigation into the fire on the freighter, to Dordrecht where she berthed in the 2nd Merwede Port around 9 p.m. Dutch photo report: http://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2017/06/op-oude-maas-17/

Fire in engine room off Hoek van Holland

On June 26, 2017, at 09:49, the Dutch Coast Guard received notification of a machine room fire aboard the "Anna" 15 miles off the coast of Hoek van Holland. The ship was enroute from Immingham to Rotterdam. At 10:04 a.m. it was decided to alert the Brons team, a firefighter team for ship incidents. At 10.45 a.m. a helicopter in Maasvlakte was deployed to take it to the ship. To get an overview on the situation, a Coast Guard patrol aircraft was also sent on site. Two crew members suffered injuries and were to be medevaced by the SAR helicopter from the Maritime Airport de Kooy. Around 11 a.m. the KNRM lifeboat "Kitty Nepveu Roosmaale" was on site and dropped off two crew members with ventilation equipment after the fire was brought under control. As the engine room was full of smoke, the search for any residual hotsports was difficult. The helicopter with the first three members of the fire fighting team are heading towards the ship at 11.45 a.m. Around noon seven members of the team were aboard the ship. The captain also requested tug assistance as his ship lost propulsion. The tugs "SD Stingray" (IMO: 9448176) and "Smit Panter" (IMO: 9434814) were deployed to assist. They connected to the "Anna" around 1 p.m. The Rijnmond Traffic Center was responsible for the surrounding shipping and took control of the situation on the spot and sent the "RPA 15" and "RPA 16" to assist. Also the KNRM boat "Jeanine Parqui" responded and escorted the convoy to Rotterdam, arriving there at 4.45 p.m. Dutch reports with photos: https://www.knrm.nl/nieuws/knrm-reddingstation-scheveningen/brand-aan-boord-van-vrachtschip-anna http://www.regio15.nl/nieuws/lijst-weergave/20-branden/27449-gewonden-bij-brand-aan-boord-vrachtschip-op-de-noordzee http://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2017/06/sd-stingray-en-smit-panther-anna-26-6-2017/ https://www.kustwacht.nl/nl/liveblog26062017.html https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDPIm5fWAAA1GAs.jpg