A car carrier that caught fire in the English Channel is sailing again, apparently with no ­problems.

There were concerns that the 3,877-ceu RCC Passion (built 2011) would be the latest in a series of serious car-carrier fires this year after emergency services were called to assist it 74 km (46 miles) west of Ushant Island last week.

The Ray Car Carriers-controlled ship had just left the French port of Le Havre.