FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The fire-damaged car carrier Min Jiang Kou has been authorised to enter Panamanian waters for a specialised salvage operation after a blaze broke out aboard the vessel on 7 August. The Marshall Islands-flagged Ro-Ro vessel remains unmanned and without electrical power, with salvage crews carrying out hull-cooling and stabilisation operations as preparations begin for its eventual tow to a shipyard in Asia. RelatedNews MSC Baltic III wreck removal enters critical phase as 40% of tonnage cleared New attacks near Oman add to the risks and costs for tanker shipping var jnews_module_21381871_0_6aa3d6f5a1f26 = {"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":"21381871","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1409,74,2860,714","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_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":""