Fire breaks out onboard Maersk container vessel off Liberian coast


  • World
  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2025

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A fire broke out onboard the Maersk Marie container vessel off the coast of Liberia on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Danish shipping group Maersk said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, writing by Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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