Tag: fire onboard

Jerry Nehl Boylan, former dive boat captain, has been convicted of neglect of a ship officer, also known as "seaman's manslaughter," in connection with an overnight fire that killed 34 people on board and caused a boat to sink off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.

The Philippine Coast Guard has responded to a fire onboard incident that occurred in the morning of November 2, 2023, involving the MV KEN in the seas near Castilla Anchorage Area (Barangay Poblacion, Castilla, Sorsogon).

A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), focuses on an incident, in which, a crew member noticed smoke coming from the ROV workshop and reported a fire.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2022, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 29 maritime tragedies that took place in 2022.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on engine room fire aboard passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk in June 2022.

A tanker vessel caught fire in the sea of Batangas, Philippines, on the morning of October 22, killing two crew members and leaving a third missing.

Hoegh Autoliners has taken extensive measures to prevent an incident of fire onboard as well as mitigation measures to contain such a phenomenon. 

Allianz will now publish a new series of bulletins to assist stakeholders with risk mitigation and loss prevention measures for emerging risks. A recent bulletin, issued in October, focuses on Lithium-ion batteries and their association hazards. 

A container ship caught fire yesterday night off the island of Kea, Greece, for an unknown reason in one of its containers, which was immediately confined by the crew.

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