Fire-damaged Maersk 15,000-teuer cut up for partial scrapping in Dubai.

The 15,000-TEU Maersk Honam, badly damaged by fire that killed five crewmen last March 6 off Oman, has been cut in half at Drydocks World, Dubai, for partial scrapping, reports Dubai's Logistics Middle East.

The undamaged after section was cut away and floated onto a 100,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift ship called Xin Guang Hua. Xin Guang Hua will carry the stern section to Geoje, South Korea, where it will be incorporated into a new hull. The forward part...