Salvage crew headed to web site of cargo ship hearth in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain

A salvage workforce is anticipated to reach early subsequent week on the scene of a cargo ship that was carrying about 3,000 autos to Mexico when it caught hearth in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.

A tug carrying salvage specialists and particular tools is anticipated to reach on the location of the Morning Midas round Monday, the ship’s administration firm, London-based Zodiac Maritime, mentioned Thursday. The crew will assess the ship’s situation, and a separate tug with firefighting and ocean towage capabilities is being organized, the corporate mentioned in its assertion. Within the meantime, officers are utilizing the ship’s onboard satellite-connected techniques to observe it.

The vessel remained afloat as of Thursday morning, and pictures gathered by the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed it was nonetheless “alight with smoke emanating” from it, the assertion mentioned.

The Coast Guard has mentioned it acquired a misery alert round 3:15 p.m. native time Tuesday a couple of hearth aboard the Morning Midas, which was roughly 300 miles (490 kilometers) southwest of Adak Island. The ship was carrying about 70 absolutely electrical and about 680 hybrid autos, the Coast Guard mentioned, noting that the data was preliminary.

On this picture offered by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas roughly 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, because the crew of a cargo ship carrying about 3,000 autos to Mexico, deserted ship after they may not management a fireplace. (U.S. Coast Guard/Courtesy of Air Station Kodiak through AP)

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Adak is about 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) west of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest metropolis.

All 22 Morning Midas crew members have been unhurt. They have been evacuated onto a lifeboat and a close-by service provider vessel rescued them. They remained onboard the rescue vessel Thursday, in keeping with Zodiac Maritime.

The 600-foot (183-meter) Morning Midas was in-built 2006 and sails below a Liberian flag. The automobile and truck provider left Yantai, China, on Might 26, in keeping with the trade web site marinetraffic.com. It was headed to a serious Pacific port in Mexico.

A Dutch security board in a current report referred to as for enhancing emergency response on North Sea transport routes after a lethal 2023 hearth aboard a freighter that was carrying 3,000 cars, together with practically 500 electrical autos, from Germany to Singapore.

One particular person was killed and others injured within the hearth, which burned uncontrolled for every week. That ship was ultimately towed to a Netherlands port for salvage.