AMSTERDAM, July 31 (Reuters) - A burning car carrier off the Dutch coast is being towed to a new location away from shipping routes as part of a difficult operation to salvage the ship, the Dutch water board Rijkswaterstaat and media said. The ship will be towed to a location 16 km north of the Dutch islands Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Rijkswaterstaat said in a statement on Sunday. A Rijkswaterstaat spokeswoman told to the ANP Dutch press agency that at the temporary location, the ship would be further away from shipping routes and slightly out of the wind. The relocation is an intermediate step in the difficult salvage operation, the spokeswoman said. The company declined to say anything about the car brands, including whether it included any cars from Japanese manufacturers.

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Persons: Rijkswaterstaat, Shoei, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Robert Birsel Organizations: Panamanian, Fremantle Highway, ANP Dutch, Ship, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, Germany, Egypt