Cargo ship that caught fire and lost containers off Vancouver Island to dock in Nanaimo, B.C.
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The Zim Kingston cargo ship, which lost containers and suffered a fire off Vancouver Island in late October, is finally set to dock at a port.
The ship, which has been anchored off Constance Bank near Victoria since the incident, will dock in Nanaimo on Friday.
The Zim Kingston is scheduled to arrive at the Nanaimo Port Authority's Duke Point facility overnight Friday into Saturday morning.
The ship will anchor off the port before coming alongside the facility, according to Nanaimo Port Authority president and CEO Ian Marr.
Only containers that were impacted by the onboard fire will be offloaded in Nanaimo.
Marr says about 60 containers in and around the burn site will be removed. A salvage plan specific to these containers is in place once they're on shore, he says.
The port authority estimates that the unloading process will take about 10 days to complete, with most hazardous materials already removed or dealt with.
The Zim Kingston will eventually head to the mainland to be fully unloaded, according to Marr.
