{"id":140760,"date":"2026-06-01T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/140760\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:22:24","slug":"mechanical-malfunction-hits-msc-container-ship-near-iraqs-umm-qasr-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/140760\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical malfunction hits MSC container ship near Iraq\u2019s Umm Qasr &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-01T14:14:06+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Basra<\/p>\n<p>A large Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) container<br \/>\nvessel suffered a mechanical failure in the Khor Abdullah waterway on Monday<br \/>\nshortly after departing Umm Qasr North Port in Basra, southern Iraq, with 96<br \/>\nexport containers onboard, a security source told Shafaq News.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure buildup inside balance tank compartments 9<br \/>\nand 10 caused a technical explosion aboard the vessel after it left the port,<br \/>\nwith no indications of sabotage or any other external factor.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have opened an investigation to determine<br \/>\nthe circumstances of the incident and evaluate any resulting damage.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Back-to-back-ships-reach-Iraq-s-Umm-Qasr-port\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">arrived<\/a> earlier today from Dubai and<br \/>\nwas due to transport Iraqi products, including dates, soft drinks, and spare<br \/>\nparts, to international markets. The General Company for Iraqi Ports noted that<br \/>\nit was the second major cargo ship to reach Umm Qasr within hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-01T14:14:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Basra A large Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) container&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,5096,94,46240,46239,30107],"class_list":["post-140760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-cargo-vessel","tag-iraq","tag-mechanical-malfunction","tag-mechanical-malfunction-hits-msc-container-ship-near-iraqs-umm-qasr","tag-umm-qasr-port"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116676011477058472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}