[News Today] ‘Namu’ at Dubai port for investigation

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Cargo ship Namu, which caught fire after an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, has arrived at a port in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

A Korean government inspection team is set to begin investigating the cause of the incident.

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The cargo ship 'Namu' arrived in a port in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, early in the morning of May 8th, local time,

which is about twelve hours after it had left the accident site.

The cargo ship reportedly berthed at Dubai Drydocks.

The Korean-operated vessel was towed from the accident site at around 12:40 p.m. on May 7, local time, and headed to Dubai about seventy kilometers away.

Twenty-four crew members, including six Korean sailors, were all aboard the ship as it was being towed.

Now that the ship arrived at the dock, a team of Korean government inspectors plans to look into the cause of fire.

Local employees of the Korean Register in charge of vessel inspection, investigators from the Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal, forensic experts from the National Fire Agency as well as shipping companies will take part in the investigation.

The investigation team will analyze the CCTV footage of the ship's interior at the time of the blast and interview the crew members.

They're expected to look carefully through the engine room where the fire started and the hull which still has remnants of damage from the incident.

An explosion occurred on the Namu on May 4th while it was anchored at the Strait of Hormuz.

It isn't clear whether the blast was caused by an outside attack or an internal malfunction.

The HMM-operated vessel is to undergo repair once the investigation is over.