Victoria-L

The 'Victoria L' was towed out of the port of Amsterdam on April 26, en route to Bremerhaven. On April 28 it arrived at thr Bredo Dry Docks for permanent repairs of the fire damage.

On April 11 at around 9 a.m. the 'Victoria L' was being towed into the port of Amsterdam by the tugs 'Multratug 36' (IMO: 9985289 ) and 'Svitzer Taurus' (IMO: 9960409) as stering tug with the ship's status as 'Restricted Movement'. It had reached the locks of IJmiden at around 4 a.m. , one and a half days after the engine room fire, which had started on April 9 at 1:11 p.m. approximately 56 kilometres from the coast, which had initially seemed to have been extinguished by the crew on board, but then flared up again. The KNRM Scheveningen, at the request of the Coastguard, had been mainly on standby for the safety of the MIRG team. After the situation was under control they sailed back to the rescue station with the MIRG team on board, where they arrived at around 7:45 p.m. The ship was berthed at the Damen Shiprepair Yard for inspections and repairs. Reports with photos: https://www.knrm.nl/nieuws/knrm-reddingstation-hoek-van-holland/prio-1-vaartuig-brand-explosie https://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2025/04/multratug-26-met-victria-l-aangekomen-te-amsterdam/

The 'Victoria L', ballasting en route from Hamburg to Rotterdam, suffered an engine room fire following an explosion on April 9, 2025, at around 1 p.m. There were no injuries among the 29 crew members of the ship, which was located 56 kilometers west of Scheveningen, northwest of Hoek van Holland. After the fire was discovered, crew members initially attempted to extinguish it, but it flared up again at around 1.30 p.m. The captain quickly requested assistance from the Dutch Coastguard. The crew members then brought themselves to safety on deck. The Coast Guard deployed the emergency tug 'Multraship Protector' (IMO: 9344978) , the KNRM lifeboats 'Dorus Rijkers' and Jeanine Parqui' oas well as the aircraft 'SAR 111244511' and two helicopters. The aircraft monitored the situation and reported that there were no flames or smoke coming from the ship. Also the oil spill response vessel 'Arca' (IMO: 9167966) from Rijkswaterstaat was mobilized. The Coastguard crisis team arrived at Den Helder. There was a northerly wind force 4 to 5 and waves of 1.5 to 2 meters height with good visibility on scene. A special fire brigade team, the Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG-NL), from Rotterdam, specialized in fighting ship fires, was picked up by the Coast Guard by helicopter from the airport in Rotterdam and dropped off aboard the ship. The fire brigade team investigated using thermal imaging cameras and then entered the engine room. After they had carried out reconnaissance, the fire appeared to be limited to the engine room. After they entered it, the fire appeared to be out at around 5:00. p.m. Smoke was still present in the ship after the fire was extinguished. It was deemed safe for the crew to remain on board. The Coast Guard remained on standby until 6:30 p.m. Around that time, the situation was finally under control and the fire brigade team also left the ship. The expectation was that the ship would later sail to the port of Rotterdam under its own power. The ship anchored in pos. 52° 21' N 003° 31' E with the 'Multraship Protector' remaining on standby to be ready to intervene, in case the situation changed, as of April 10. Reports with ühoto and video: https://kustwacht.nl/nieuws/brand-aan-boord-van-containerschip-victoria-l/ https://www.ad.nl/112-nieuws-rotterdam/spectaculaire-actie-om-brand-op-vrachtschip-in-noordzee-te-blussen~a29493da/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fbinnenvaartlog.nl%2F