Tag: fire onboard

On the morning of September 24, a fire broke out in the engine room of the bulk carrier Samudra Sakti III in Sumatra, Indonesia. 

Two cargo ships collided approximately 4 miles off the coast of Kefalonia, Greece, causing a fire onboard one of the vessels. 

Two major UK maritime insurers, the UK P&I Club and TT Club, became members of the Cargo Fire & Loss Innovation Initiative (CFLII) by Safetytech Accelerator.

A fire broke out on a 7,056 dwt tanker, Sheng You 229, in the Gulf of Tonkin on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Beijing time, resulting in two crewmates presumed dead.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its investigation report into the fatal engine room fire on board Moritz Schulte on 4 August 2020.

According to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, a box fire aboard a containership anchored off the coast of Port Klang was extinguished with minor damage and no casualties to the crew.

United Stated Coast Guard (USCG) informs that salvage and post fire recovery operations continue on the Grande Costa D’Avorio as crews work to safely transfer vehicles and cargo from the vessel to the port facility.

Britannia P&I Club presents the risk of oil fires as well as measures the crew can implement to prevent them from happening.

The fire-stricken car carrier, Fremantle Highway, has arrived in Eemshaven for salvage operations, on 3rd August and will remain in the port until 14th October.

Allianz highlights that fires on vessels remain one of the biggest safety issues for the shipping industry. As there are several incidents in recent years where Li-Ion batteries have been reported as contributing to fires on vessels, Allianz experts Capt. Rahul Khanna, Captain Randy Lund and Captain Anastasios Leonburg, share their considerations on how electric vessels may impact safety onboard.