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Press Release | June 6, 2025

Update: Coast Guard responds to vessel fire offshore Adak, Alaska

D17 Public Affairs

Coast Guard conducts overflight of vessel fire offshore Adak, Alaska

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Editor's note: This version has been corrected to state that the Morning Midas was located approximately 340 miles southwest of Adak. The previous version incorrectly stated it was located approximately 340 miles southeast of Adak.

 

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard is continuing its response to a vessel fire approximately 340 miles southwest of Adak, Thursday.

A Coast Guard HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak conducted an overflight of the cargo ship Morning Midas Wednesday and observed the vessel was still on fire.

Currently, there are no visual indications that the ship is taking on water or listing, and the extent of the damage is unknown. Zodiac Maritime, the Morning Midas’s manager, is coordinating to send a team of salvage specialists to the vessel for further assessment.

The Morning Midas’s crew, who evacuated the ship Wednesday, remains aboard the vessel Cosco Hellas transiting to the vessel’s next destination with no reported injuries.

As of 4 p.m. Thursday, the vessel was located approximately 340 miles southwest of Adak.

The Seventeenth Coast Guard District has issued a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to notify mariners in the area of the situation.

The Coast Guard continues to work with Zodiac Maritime to coordinate recovery efforts of the vessel.

Zodiac Maritime’s public information spokesperson can be contacted via email at media@navigateresponse.com or by phone at 44-207-283-9915 or 65-6222-6375.

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