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MSC containership damaged by an explosion - no pollution was reported A Mediterranean Shipping Company containership damaged by an explosion in the Caribbean nearly two weeks ago has finally set sail but not for its original destination.It's not clear how long the 4,469-teu MSC Idil (built 1992) will remain in Freeport, Bahamas, however, as repairs to the vessel's hull are only temporary and an investigation into the cause of the blast is still ongoing, according to the US Coast Guard.As TradeWinds has reported, the vessel suffered an explosion on 11 May as it travelled 60 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico during a voyage to Barcelona, Spain. Crew members blamed welding but this assessment has not yet been confirmed.Authorities say no pollution was reported by the ship or a flotilla of first responders who monitored the situation throughout the 11-day ordeal amid concerns surrounding the 588,000 gallons of fuel oil and 62,000 gallons of diesel believed to be on board.US law enforcement and the Idil were assisted by salvage specialists DonJon-Smit, Atlantic Diving, Borinquen Towing and San Juan Towing, according to a statement that indicated MSC will handle the probe from here out.Source: Tradewinds

25 people onboard The Coast Guard has been responding since Friday to the distressed container ship MSC Idil with 25 people onboard, after the ship suffered a marine casualty following an explosion onboard approximately 60 nautical miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.The crew of the 900-foot Panamanian flagged container ship is all accounted for and have suffered no injuries following the incident that caused the container ship to begin listing and take on water into a fuel tank and cargo compartment.The crew of the MSC Idil has stabilized the situation and is controlling the ship's stability using onboard water pumps to manage flooding.The MSC Idil reported the explosion was most likely caused by welding that was taking place on board the vessel. The Idil also reported they have full control of their cargo and that they have not released any hazardous materials into the environment but are taking actions to mitigate any potential release. The MSC Idil is reported to have 588,000 gallons of fuel oil and 62,000 gallons of diesel on board.Coast Guard Wathstanders in Sector San Juan were notified of the emergency at approximately 3:42p.m. Friday through Digital Selective Calling followed by Mayday VHF radio transmissions received ...

Lack of training in the operation and maintenance of the ship's OBA set The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) issued the report of its investigation into the serious crew member injury on board a bulk carrier at sea off Eden, New South Wales on 11 October 2011.Investigation revealed that the crew member suffered burns when the air compressor he was using to fill an oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) cylinder exploded. The explosion occurred when oil from the compressor ignited in the hot oxygen-rich environment.The crew had not been trained in the operation and maintenance of the ship's OBA set.For more information, click here.Source: ATSB

Carrying about 13,000 tonnes of a fuel oxygenator when the explosion occurred Tanker crew deaths are under the spotlight again after another fatal explosion onboard a tanker.A crew member died and 24 Filipino mariners had to be rescued in an explosion onboard the Dutch-owned Liberian-flagged Stolt Valor on 15 March. No Dutch nationals were onboard the vessel, owned by Stolt-Nielsen, when the explosion occurred as it transited international waters in the Persian Gulf.It was carrying about 13,000 tonnes of a fuel oxygenator used to reduce carbon monoxide emissions, when the explosion occurred. The environmental impact is unknown at this time but the cargo, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), is considered soluble not biodegradable.The US warship John Paul Jones and US Coast Guard cutter Baranof rescued the mariners from two life rafts, in response to a distress call from the vessel, said the US Navy in a press release.The survivors were transferred from the warship to the Baranof cutter for repatriation in Manama, Bahrain. They were in good health and did not require medical assistance said the US Navy. Stolt Valor's master had confirmed one crew member died during the explosion, it said.An explosion aboard a South Korean chemical and petrol ...

An investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway Four workers were killed and 12 injured in a boiler explosion on a cargo ship in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing Friday night, a shipyard said Saturday.The explosion occurred at about 11 p.m. Friday on a bulk carrier as the Zijinshan shipyard of Nanjing Tanker Corp. would be about to deliver the ship to its parent China Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Corp. after repair, the shipyard said in a statement.Of the 12 shipyard workers who were admitted to a hospital, two sligtly injured have been discharged and the rest are still under emergency medical treatment, it said.An investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway.Source: Xinhua

A South Korean cargo ship has sunk after an explosion on board A South Korean cargo ship has sunk after an explosion on board, killing at least three crew members, the coast guard says.Eight people are still missing and five others have been rescued in the incident north of Jawol island, near the port of Incheon.The blast happened in the morning after the ship had unloaded oil products.The cause is being investigated, but officials say it is unlikely to be the result of an attack by North Korea."The explosion took place far below the sea border with North Korea. We see very little possibility (of attacks by the North)," a coastguard spokesman told the AFP news agency.The ship's owners said that the explosion could have been caused by gases leaking from the ship's oil tanks."We believe that something went wrong during the process to take out remaining gas in the oil tank," an official of Doora Shipping told South Korea's Yonhap news agency."The vessel usually transports diesel, but this time it carried gasoline. We are now examining whether it had any relation to the explosion," the official said.The dead crew members included two Burmese nationals and one South Korean.The search ...

Three people dead, one injured and two missing Investigations have begun into a series of explosions on a tanker at Fujairah that left three people dead, one injured and two missing.Some 105 local repair workers and crew were on board the Mercator-managed Aframax 'Prem Divya' when welding work created a spark that triggered three explosions last Thursday.The Vessel was in ballast at the time of the casualty, according to local UAE newspaper, The Nation.Fujairah port officials said that the vessel had been certified as having been gas free.Technicians representing both the owners and insurers have arrived in an effort to determine the cause of the incident, Capt Mousa Morad, Fujairah port general manager, told the newspaper.Half of the 24 crew were transferred to a hotel, while the other half remained on board. The repair workers had left, according to Ishtiaq Ahmed Malik, an official at the vessel's agency, Blue Sea Shipping Agency, talking to The Nation.'Prem Divya' is to remain at Fujairah until the incident has been fully investigated, a damage assessment has been carried out and compensation paid to the repair companies, plus the repatriation of the dead bodies.The Aframax arrived at Fujairah on 27th December for a 10-day ...

Explosions on an oil tanker at Fujairah port Investigations have begun into a series of explosions on an oil tanker at Fujairah port that left three people dead, one injured and two missing.Some 105 local repair workers and crew were on board when welding work created a spark that triggered three blasts on the MT Prem Divya on Thursday. The tanker, which is owned by the Indian firm Mercator Limited, was not carrying oil.Fujairah port authorities said the vessel had been certified as having been cleared of any of the flammable gases often present on oil tankers, particularly empty ones, where the gas has more space to expand.Technical experts representing both the shipowner and insurer had arrived to try to determine the cause of the accident, Capt Mousa Morad, the general manager of Fujairah port, said yesterday."They have to come together to find out," he said."There's money, there's insurance, there's some people missing - so many things."Meanwhile civil defence authorities began searching yesterday for the missing men.It was unclear if they had stayed on board or, like many of their peers, jumped into the water.The three crewmen who died had remained on board, and their bodies were being removed yesterday.One ...

Occured after a failure of a capacitor- part of the diesel-electric propulsion system The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the result of its investigations into a failure of a capacitor, part of the diesel-electric propulsion system of the cruise ship 'Queen Mary 2'.The MAIB feels that there are lessons that the industry should learn from this incident, which resulted in an explosion onboard,so has asked for our help in promulgating the information.Key issues:Explosion in the machinery space was triggered by the failure of a large capacitor within a 11kV passive harmonic filter The protection system for the harmonic filter did not work Vessel blacked out and was without steering or propulsion for 30 minutes. There were 3823 people on board at the time of the accident The investigation identified that there is a need to improve the awareness of the potential risks of high voltage harmonic distortion and arc flash. You can view the Report by clicking here.Source: MAIB