The remaining hotspots on the fire-ravaged Maersk Line boxship Maersk Honam have now almost been extinguished.

Maersk's 2M partner MSC, which has cargo on board, said the 15,262-teu vessel (built 2017) is now "tentatively" expected to berth next week in Jebel Ali, UAE.

Discharging operations will then start.

"If everything proceeds as planned, the operations are estimated to last four to seven days," it said.