[1] The ship is owned by Marugame Kisen Kaisha and operated by American President Lines (APL).
APL Austria is a post-Panamax container ship measuring 71,867 gross tonnage (GT) with a capacity of 6,350 TEU.
She is a type Imabari 6350 container ship constructed in 2007 at the Koyo Dockyard Co. Ltd Shipyard in Mihara, Japan.
Four non-essential crew members evacuated from the ship, one evacuee suffered a leg injury and was treated on shore.
[3] The fire took more than three days to bring under control and resulted in more than 40 feet (12 m) of water filling hold number 4.