Tag: engine room

MPA Singapore has issued a circular providing guidance on the maintenance and inspection of the fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system and the engine room escape hatch door. The advisory was released after two safety failures were identified in a recent engine room fire incident involving a Singapore registered ship.

A Maersk-operated container ship went adrift off Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on Friday night, after she reportedly suffered fire in the engine room. On Saturday morning, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation announced that the vessel was escorted to land safe.

The US NTSB issued an accident report, regarding a fire on board Carnival Liberty cruise ship, on September 2015, in the US Port of Charlotte Amalie, that resulted in damages of USD 1.725 million to the vessel. The report provides findings of the investigation and safety recommendations, to prevent similar incidents in the future.

NTSB issued an accident report, concerning a fire in the engine room on board the uninspected towing vessel Jaxon Aaron, while it was pushing a flotilla of 16 barges upbound on the Lower Mississippi River, Tennessee. The fire spread from the engine room into the accommodation area and wheelhouse, causing an estimated $10.2 million in damage to the interior spaces.

The US Coast Guard published a Marine Safety Alert, highlighting the importance of maintaining safety measures, when inspecting a Gas Valve Unit room, especially on board conventional LNG fueled vessels and LNG Carriers. The GVU is a multi-component device which manages the liquefied natural gas pressure supplied to the propulsion engines.

WinGD announced that installed its W-Xpert Full Mission Simulator, for training complete engine room crews, at the Marine Power Academy Training Centre of Hudong Heavy Machinery, in Shanghai, China. The simulator joins a network of some 20 further installations at strategic locations around the world.

Kongsberg Digital AS donated the K-Sim Engine Room Simulator to the WMU Maritime Risk and System Safety Lab. The simulator will enable training in every aspect of the complex behavior of an engine room, from single sub- and auxiliary systems to the overall running of the operation.

Transport Malta has issued an accident investigation report regarding a fire incident in the engine-room the Maltese registered chemical / oil tanker Askara occured after fuel oil transfer operations.

A fitter on board a Hong Kong registered container ship was electrocuted when he tried to shake the chain of an electric hoist during lifting operation to lower down main engine spare part through engine room access hatch for main engine repair works prior to sailing

Fire broke out in vessel's engine room whilst returning to port from offshore. The crew were alerted when three sensors on the fire detection system activated, setting off the fire alarm and the vessel’s “flexifog” fixed firefighting system. The chief engineer, who had been close to the engine room, confirmed that smoke was present.