Tag: engine room

A major fire in the engine room of the "M/V Kavaratti" was reported to Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai on 1st December.

As part of its Learn the Ropes Series safety videos, West P&I Club addresses measures of securing floor structures within the engine room compartment.

National Transportation Safety Board released an accident report focusing on the engine room fire aboard fishing vessel Master Dylan.

One crew member is reportedly missing after the container ship MSC MESSINA suffered a fire in its engine room while underway in the Indian ocean in the afternoon of 24 June. 

Transport Malta issued an investigation report on a serious injury of a fitter while operating a lathe machine onboard the container ship MV Alula. The fitter’s clothing and gloves were caught by the high-speed rotating chuck, inflicting serious injuries. 

The fire-stricken container ship NYK Delphinus remains safely berthed in Oakland, but without electricity provided to its reefers due to unavailability of power supply onboard the vessel, the company informed. 

In a recent publication examining the most regular causes of engine damage onboard, the Swedish Club describes a case of lube oil contamination caused by forgotten rubber membrane seals in the engine room of a chemical/oil tanker. 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) issued a preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into a fire onboard the multirole vessel MPV Everest while on charter to the Australian Antarctic Division, last April. 

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.