Fire started on board of the container ship Jupiter 30 nautical miles off San Diego, USA. The cargo ship was operating on route to Mazatlan, Mexico, when a fire started in the engine room. The crew on board started firefighting with all the facilities on board. During the accident one of the crew members was seriously burned and needed medical intervention. The fire was extinguished with the ship’s firefighting equipment, but the condition of the seamen got worse. The officers sent a distress signal and requested assistance from the coast guard. A helicopter arrived at the scene of the accident and carried the seaman to the hospital for further treatment. The container ship reported that there are no other injured people on board during fire extinguishing and continued the voyage to Mexico with 2,400 TEU on board.
The container ship Jupiter (IMO: 9226504) has length of 199.00 m, beam of 30.00 m and summer draft of 10.50 m. The cargo ship has deadweight of 33,917 DWT and gross tonnage of 25,535 GRT.. The vessel was built in 2001 in the German shipyard Siag Nordseewerke and certified by Germanischer Lloyd. The container ship Jupiter is operating for the German company MarTime.