FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A fire aboard the car carrier Thames Highway forced the vessel to anchor off the German North Sea coast on January 26, 2026, shortly after it departed the port of Emden bound for Grimsby, UK. The blaze broke out in the engine room at around 11 p.m., causing a blackout and damaging the ship’s engines, leaving the approximately 150-meter-long vessel unable to maneuver, Hamburg news outlet NDR reports. The 18-member crew sealed off the affected area, preventing the fire from spreading. No injuries were reported, and authorities confirmed that no pollutants were released. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Fire aboard berthed ferry injures crew member var jnews_module_21363831_0_6a04e2501f743 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21363831","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1409,74,59","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_