Tag: fire onboard

The tanker Wisdom reported a second explosion in a month, off the coast of Baniyas, Syria, on May 9.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau released an investigation report focusing on a fire incident onboard a bulk carrier, that took five days to contain and extinguish.

NTSB issued an investigation report on the fire onboard the dive support vessel Iron Maiden, while docked at a shipyard in Louisiana, in April 2020. The investigation identified an electrical short from an unidentified source as key cause of the incident. 

Gard reports lessons learned when the engine room water mist system of an ultra large container ship failed to operate.

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

At least three people have reportedly lost their lives after a fire onboard an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery, Syria, on Saturday. Some reports say the fire came from a suspected attack by a drone coming from Lebanese waters, while others attribute the incident to a welding accident.

The French container major, CMA CGM successfully installed HydroPen container firefighting system onboard 85 of its vessel fleet.

Sri Lanka seeks a claim for $17.38 million from the owners of the oil tanker New Diamond, that caught fire and left a spill of 40 kilometres off the country.

Malaysia confirmed that the attempts to contain and extinguish a fire that broke out on board a containership in Port Klang were still ongoing four days after the incident took place.

In its recent Safety Digest, UK MAIB a fire incident which took place onboard a vehicle ferry after engine maintenance.