MV APL Austria is a Liberian-registered container ship.[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 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.
On February 13, 2017,[2] APL Austria caught fire near the South African coast, south of Cape St. Francis. The ship was on its voyage from European ports to Asian ports with 8,235 containers when a fire broke out in the ship's middle cargo hold. 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 of water filling hold number 4.[4] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.