On July 15, 2013, one of the containers on board the vessel caught fire forcing the crew of 17 to abandon ship about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) northeast of Mauritius.

The main engine, which had an output of 15,785 kW (21,168 hp), was directly coupled to a fixed-pitch propeller which gave the ship a service speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).

[1] On July 15, 2013, one of the containers onboard Hansa Brandenburg caught fire while the ship was en route from Singapore to Durban.

Unable to fight the fire that had spread to the superstructure, the crew of 17 was forced to abandon ship about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) northeast of Mauritius.

On June 17, the 8,100 TEU container ship MOL Comfort broke in two 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) off the coast of Yemen and the stern section sank ten days later.