Tag: explosion

An explosion took place onboard a bulker while it was undergoing repair in Vietnam, on February 2, injuring eight shipyard workers.

The Dutch Safety Board published a Safety Alert, after an accident during which a sea sailor died after a flare exploded immediately.

At least one person died and four were injured, while seven are missing, due to a strong explosion in an oil tanker in the province of Samut Songkhram, in western Thailand, on January 17.

Fears arose for two seafarers that are missing, after an explosion split a tanker in half on January 10, in Chinese waters.

Around a dozen people were injured after an explosion onboard a ferry in Myanmar’s commercial hub of Yangon, on December 18.

Fire and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, cargo damage is the most frequent cause of loss, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).

The Swedish Club has published a casebook, presenting four different case studies related to fire. In one of them, a bulker suffered multiple explosions onboard.

Freeport LNG is providing the results of an independent, third-party root cause failure analysis (RCFA) report on the June 8, 2022 incident that occurred at its liquefaction facility.

The crew of a cargo ship reported a fire on board the ship "EF Ava" on October 24, inbound to Iceland. 

A crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Europe discovered evidence of detonations, strengthening suspicions of "gross sabotage", according to Sweden's Security Service.