A car-carrying ship that burned for a week on the North Sea is towed to a Dutch port for salvaging

By PETER DEJONG
Associated Press

EEMSHAVEN, Netherlands (AP) — A freight ship carrying thousands of cars that burned for a week on the North Sea has been towed to a Dutch port for salvage. The Fremantle Highway arrived Thursday at the northern port of Eemshaven. Scores of curious sightseers gathered to watch tugboats tow the ship into the port. A boat with special booms to clean up oil spills accompanied the vessel as a precaution. The ship was carrying 3,784 new vehicles from the German port city of Bremerhaven to Singapore when it caught fire just over a week ago. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. One crew member died and others were injured.