Stricken ship the Kota Bahagia remains at Napier Port's No 4 with little indication of when it may move or depart, following an explosive fire in a hold on Friday.
The 9-year-old, 161m Singapore-registered general cargo vessel berthed on arrival from Chinese port Dalian on Thursday and had been scheduled to sail for China, via Australian port Geelong, by noon on Sunday.
Its departure has been prevented by the fire, which was reported at 10.44am on Friday and was belching flame and smoke from the hold by the time appliances arrived – the first of 19 firefighting and incident control units dispatched by Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
With acrid fumes threatening the port and surrounding areas, the crew were evacuated to other facilities in the port but were placed back on the vessel later in the day.
On Sunday afternoon there was no indication from ground level at the port's Breakwater Rd boundary that the drama had ever taken place, and few other details were available.