MV Delphine in Zeebrugge 2025 vs Grande Costa D'Avorio in Newark 2023 | A Tale of Two Ship Fires

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What Can Two-Car Carrier Fires Teach Us About Fighting Fires Onboard? April 20, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the electrical vehicle fire onboard the car carrier MV Delphine in Zeebrugge, Belgium on April 14, 2025, versus that on board MV Grande Costa D'Avorio in Newark in July 2023 and led to the death of Newark firefighters. #shipfire #delphine #grandcostadavorio #zeebrugge #newark #carcarrier #shipping 00:00 Introduction 03:28 Fire on MV Delphine in Zeebrugge 15:17 Fire on MV Grand Costa d'Avorio 22:43 Comparison Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0B9AHrs2P9OPA8ulM3EJ2u Brand aan boord van roro 'Delphine' in Zeebrugge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sywT51RApGw RoRo Ship Delphine Catches Fire with 60 EVs Onboard https://youtu.be/f8s3mSNdZSc?si=Iz7bAuFvfyzbHHRe Fire Erupts on Car Carrier with Electric Vehicles in Belgian Port of Zeebrugge https://gcaptain.com/fire-erupts-on-car-carrier-with-electric-vehicles-in-belgian-port-of-zeebrugge/ Major EV Fire Breaks Out Aboard Ro/Ro at Zeebrugge https://maritime-executive.com/article/major-ev-fire-breaks-out-aboard-ro-ro-at-zeebrugge Burnt-out hold 'Delphine' carefully opened (+update) https://www.flows.be/scheepvaart/2025/04/uitgebrand-ruim-delphine-voorzichtig-geopend/?freebie=03a6ab976687835de120d28e8fb5b07c What does the inside of a RORO car ship look like? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfEL-mW3eDk ICS Fire Response https://www.ics-shipping.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Fire-Response-High-Level-Guidelines.pdf NTSB: Inadequate Firefighting Training Led to Deaths in Newark Ship Fire https://gcaptain.com/ntsb-inadequate-firefighting-training-led-to-deaths-in-newark-ship-fire/ NTSB Recommends Improving Preparedness of Land-Based Firefighters for Marine Vessel Fires https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20250415.aspx Opinion: What Two Fires In 2020 Should Have Warned Us About in Port of Newark https://gcaptain.com/opinion-what-two-fires-in-2020-should-have-warned-us-about-in-port-of-newark/ A Brief Look Back at Recent Car Carrier Fires https://gcaptain.com/a-brief-look-back-at-recent-car-carrier-fires/ NTSB Board Meeting - Grande Costa D’Avorio Car Carrier Fire https://youtu.be/eO3PUl3z-u4?si=F9s5b7WFCGLP1cwd