A 21-year-old livestock carrier is returning to port in Australia with its cargo of 3,600 cattle after a fire broke out in the engine room yesterday.
Vroon’s Brahman Express ran into difficulties shortly after leaving the port of Darwin yesterday bound for Indonesia.
The fire was extinguished promptly and the ship is currently at anchor just outside the port.
The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) said that there had been no reports of injuries to the crew or the animals.
In May, another live export ship experienced major engine failure just after leaving Darwin with 1,600 cattle, forcing it to return to port.