Tag: engine failure

In a recent publication examining the most regular causes of engine damage onboard, the Swedish Club describes a breakdown of diesel generators onboard a container ship. The incident highlighted inability of the engine crew to follow the manufacturer’s instructions on maintenance procedures.

On 13th May, the bulk carrier "SEA HOPE" suffered an engine failure in Marmara sea south of Sivri Ada island, south of Istanbul.

Lubrication oil-related failure is the most common cause of main engine damage and a major contributing factor to auxiliary engine breakdowns, a new publication by The Swedish Club reveals. 

The general cargo ship River Elber experienced an engine failure in the morning of April 1 while transiting Bosphorus.

The majority of casualties at sea are caused by a chain of failures occurring at the same time. As Mr. Ansuman Ghosh Director of Risk Assessment at UK P&I Club explained, due to the nature of shipping and the heavy-duty equipment onboard, these casualties often involve some form of catastrophic machinery failure.

In its Monthly Safety Scenario, the Swedish P&I Club describes a case of a bulk carrier grounding caused by engine failure. Shortly after departing port, a main engine slowdown alarm was triggered due to a loss of cooling water in the main engine. The Master ordered half head, but there was no response from the engine. 

Danish container ship giant Maersk has provided further details on the container loss from Maersk Eindhoven while en route from Xiamen, China, to Los Angeles, California, on 17 February. 

Amid a growing debate on the causes of the Wakashio grounding, British satellite analytics company Geollect, has made new revelations about the final journey of the Japanese bulk carrier, six months after it caused a large oil spill off Mauritius. 

In its second edition of UK Maib Safety Digest, it is described how a cruise vessel experienced a total electrical failure when operating in Arctic waters. 

In its monthly Safety Scenario for October, the Swedish Club describes an incident of a ship’s engine failure due to contamination of the lubrication system. An investigation showed that the engine had been operated on a high thermal load for a long time and the turbocharger’s efficiency had been affected by fouling, while the lubrication oil had been contaminated for some time.