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The ''Kitano'' is a Japanese container ship.〔 〕 She was launched in Japan in 1990. ==2001 fire== The ''Kitano'' left the Port of New York at 0730 on 21 March 2001.〔〔〔 〕〔 〕 At 1600 the Kitano's crew observed that a container had caught fire. The container that caught fire contained 14 tons of activated carbon pellets impregnated with potassium hydroxide (caustic potash). Most of the pellets were in open mesh bags on wooden pallets. Two nearby containers were: ''"...loaded with barrels of camphene-90 wax, a class 4.1 dangerous cargo."'' At 1636 the ''Kitano'' requested assistance. Halifax was the nearest port. Search and Rescue aircraft were dispatched, as were several surface vessels, the , the and the . When the vessels were dispatched the wind was at force 8. The weather conditions proved too extreme for the 140 ton ''Firebird'', the Canadian Forces' dedicated fireboat, to leave harbour. The Canadian Coast Guard vessels arrived, but the weather prohibited anything beyond standing by. and arrived several hours later. arrived at 0500 the next morning. The vessel's Japanese owners contracted for assistance from Secunda Marine Services, the owners of the ocean-going salvage tug ''Ryan Leet''. It was not considered safe to allow the ''Kitano'' to enter Halifax Harbour for almost 24 hours because of the danger of the fire spreading to the containers filled with camphene-90 wax. The ''Kitanos crew had been fighting the fire without assistance for 25 hours before they received any outside assistance due to the bad weather. The fire was extinguished by 2215. The content of fifteen containers had been damaged by the fire or by the fire fighting efforts. The ''Kitano'' departed Halifax on March 26, 2001 with the rest of her cargo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kitano (container ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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