Tag: engine room

An engine fire on April 28, onboard the US container ship President Eisenhower set the boat adrift about 24 miles off the Gaviota Coast.

Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel 'MPV Everest' has diverted its route for the closest Australian port at Fremantle, rather than Hobart, after suffering an engine room fire onboard on Monday. 

On 5 April, the offshore support vessel "MPV EVEREST" suffered an engine room fire. At the time of the incident, Australia’s chartered resupply vessel was deep south in Indian ocean.

The container ship Buxcliff suffered an engine room fire on March 6, causing the ship to be disabled, while it also started drifting excerpt.

NTSB issued an investigation report on the engine room fire aboard the towing vessel City of Cleveland on the Lower Mississippi River, in February 2020. The investigation identified catastrophic engine failure and crankcase breach of the port main engine, as key cause of the incident. 

NTSB issued an investigation report on the fire and explosion onboard the towing vessel 'Susan Lynn', off Lousiana, in October 2019. The investigation identified a catastrophic engine failure as key cause of the accident. 

Belgium's Federal Bureau for the Investigation of Maritime Accidents (FEBIMA) has issued an investigation report on a serious injury of a crew member onboard the bulk carrier MINERAL TEMSE, while at the South Atlantic Ocean, on 5 May 2020.

Transport Malta issued an investigation report on the engine-room fire onboard the Maltese-registered RoRo cargo vessel Eurocargo Trieste, following departure from the port of Livorno in November 2019. The investigation identified an accidental fuel spill onto a hot surface, as the most likely cause of the incident. 

Hong Kong Marine Department (MARDEP) shared lessons from an incident onboard a Hong Kong-flagged container ship, where a fitter was crushed to his death by a weighty spare exhaust valve that toppled from a removable floor plate in engine room and hit him nearby.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) launched the Engine Room Procedures Guide, to address the design, complexity, and arrangement of engine rooms and provide safety notes for the operations taking place.