{"id":259904,"date":"2026-05-10T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/10\/hmm-namoo-fire-investigation-what-caused-the-incident-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:05:16","slug":"hmm-namoo-fire-investigation-what-caused-the-incident-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/10\/hmm-namoo-fire-investigation-what-caused-the-incident-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"HMM Namoo Fire Investigation: What Caused the Incident in the Strait of Hormuz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"photo-layout\" image photo_708067 float-center data-idxno=\"708067\" data-type=\"photo\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" max-width:860px>\n  <img alt=\"src=https:\/\/www.daejonilbo.com\/news\/photo\/202605\/2273933_708067_0328.jpg\" width=\"860\"><figcaption>\n   The HMM Namu at its launching ceremony in Guangzhou last September. Yonhap News<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A government joint investigation team continued a second day of detailed forensics on the South Korean bulk carrier HMM Namu after the ship caught fire while anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p> According to HMM and local sources, the joint team \u2014 three inspectors from the Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal under the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and four forensic examiners from South Korea\u2019s National Fire Agency \u2014 conducted a focused inspection on the 9th (local time) of the Namu while she was docked at a repair yard in the Port of Dubai.<\/p>\n<p> The team has secured the voyage data recorder (VDR), the ship\u2019s \u201cblack box,\u201d and CCTV footage for analysis, and began conducting in-person interviews with crew members the previous day.<\/p>\n<p> Investigators are concentrating on whether the blaze was triggered by an external act \u2014 including the possibility of an attack by Iran \u2014 or resulted from an internal failure such as an engine malfunction.<\/p>\n<p> The central inspection is expected to take place in the engine room, where the fire is believed to have started. Teams plan to enter the engine room, located low on the port-side stern, for a thorough on-site examination.<\/p>\n<p> If necessary, investigators may deploy underwater drones or divers, or use a crane to lift the vessel to inspect the hull\u2019s underside. The hull section around the engine room sits below the waterline, which makes visual inspection difficult.<\/p>\n<p> All 24 crew members, including six South Koreans, disembarked after completing face-to-face interviews with the government team the previous night. They moved to Dubai lodgings to rest and could return to the ship as needed for further questioning or inspections.<\/p>\n<p> Authorities said decisions on repatriating the crew will be made after considering the ship\u2019s repair timetable and other operational factors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigations continue into the fire on the HMM Namoo bulk carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, focusing on black box data and crew interviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2024-0119\/thumb-1a6a212c-ffbc-4595-995a-e88f9c77da95.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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