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INTERCARGO reports 337 bulk carrier incidents in 2017

by The Editorial Team
May 14, 2018
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INTERCARGO issued its  Bulk Carrier Casualty report, covering and analyzing bulk carrier casualties from 2008 to 2017. The report revealed that 53 bulk carriers over 10,000 dwt have been identified as total losses over the years 2008 to 2017, with cargo shift and liquefaction remaining a great concern for seamen’s safety.

In 2017, the tragic losses of ‘Stellar Daisy’, carrying an iron ore cargo, and ‘Emerald Star’, with a nickel ore cargo, raised questions of structural integrity and safety condition of high density cargoes carried onboard. These two bulk carrier casualties caused the loss of 32 seafarers, the highest annual loss of lives since 2011.

As informed, 9 casualties of suspected cargo failure consisted of 6 bulk carriers carrying nickel ore from Indonesia, 2 vessels with laterite (clay) iron ore from India and 1 with bauxite from Malaysia, and there were 101 lives lost associated with the 9 casualties of cargo failure against a total of 202 lives for all the 53 casualties.

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In 2017, INTERCARGO database recorded 337 bulk carrier incidents, including the 2 casualties of M/V Stellar Daisy and M/V Emerald Star. Serious concerns arose on the safe carriage of ammonium nitrate based fertiliser, following the incident of the high temperatures in the cargo holds and the release of gases from the cargo on the 57,000 dwt supramax MV Cheshire in August 2017.

Bulk carrier owners are confused with the existing individual schedule for Ammonium Nitrate Based Fertilizer (non-hazardous) in the IMSBC Code which covers a wide range of different fertilizers with the safety requirements varying depending on their specific properties, types and compositions. The shipping industry welcomed the issuance of the IMO circular CCC.1/Circ.4 on “Carriage of Ammonium Nitrate Based Fertilizer (non-hazardous)” on 22 Sept 2017; however bulk carrier owners and masters are expecting a prompt legislation process to develop adequate mandatory safety requirements…

Casualties per bulk carrier category

  • 22 Handysize bulk carriers were lost, representing 41.5% of the total 53 casualties reported, while most cases happened before 2011 and remarkable improvement thereafter.
  • 11 Handymax were lost, representing 20.8% of the total without clear pattern of improvement through the years.
  • Supramax suffered 8 ship losses, taking 15.1% of the total, with 5 losses related to suspected liquefaction and consequential loss of 85 lives.
  • Capesize suffered 7 ship losses, taking 13.2% of the total.
  • Panamax showed least number of total losses, representing 9.4% of the total.
  • In terms of annual ship losses, after peaking in 2011, reduction of ship losses was observed.

Analysis of total losses for previous ten years (2008-2017)

  • 53 bulk carriers over 10,000 dwt have been identified as lost, or on average 5 ships per year.
  • 202 crewmembers have lost their lives as consequence, or on average 20 lives lost per year.
  • 24.2 years was the average age of the bulk carriers lost.
  • 2.77 million dwt have been lost, or on average 276,508 dwt per year

Lessons learned from slow reporting

INTERCARGO also stressed the importance of flag States’ timely submission of casualty investigation reports to IMO, as a means for identifying the cause of incidents and enabling corrective actions to be taken. The IMO GISIS database showed by end January 2018 that 29 investigation reports of 53 losses had not been submitted to IMO by their flag States. Some details further highlight the issue of slow reporting:

  • The highest loss of life has been attributed to cargo failure (liquefaction), totaling 101 lives lost from the 9 casualties during 2012 and 2015.
  • The most common reported cause of ship losses has been grounding, totaling 22 losses among the 53 cases.
  • Six ships lost with unknown causes claimed 61 lives.
  • Reported flooding led to losses of 8 ships and 14 lives.

INTERCARGO stresses the importance of timely submission of the casualty investigation reports to IMO from relevant flag States, as a means of identifying the causes of the incidents and enabling corrective actions.

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