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As part of their Good Catch series, American P&I has published an animation titled "Ready for a Rescue? – Engine Room Fire Rescue" to inform viewers about safety practices for locating and rescuing crew members during engine room fires.

During the 2024 SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum, Mike Bradshaw, Director, Fleet Management Limited, emphasized the industry's tendency to focus on KPI compliance and short-term campaigns rather than fostering innovation in long term safety practices.

U.S. Coast Guard Station Mayport responded to a vessel fire that occurred in the engine room of the Stuyvesant near St. John’s River.

On October 31, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Turkish cargo vessel FG Sevil in the Marmara Sea, while it was en route from Yalova, Turkey, to Bulgaria.

Failure to prevent chafing on these hoses can lead to fuel leaks, which may spray onto the engine and ignite, causing a fire, USCG highlighted in a recent Safety Alert.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was alerted on 21 October 2024 at 10:30am of an engine room fire onboard a Malta-flagged tanker, MED ATLANTIC, in the East Johor Strait, within Singapore waters.

IMCA has issued a Safety Flash to draw lessons learned from an incident in which fire occurred in the engine room of a vessel during operations.

IMCA has issued a Safety Flash, describing an incident in which during sea trials following a docking period, smoke and fire were observed coming from the turbocharger flange to the exhaust manifold of one of the engines.

On October 13, a fire broke out on two ships carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) near Kutubdia Point in the Bay of Bengal, Cox's Bazar.

A fire broke out on the 73-meter-long German oil and chemical tanker "Annika" in the Bay of Mecklenburg, between Kühlungsborn and Warnemünde, on the morning of October 11, 2024.