Tag: fire onboard

In the latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB focuses on an explosion accident, according to which the master of a cargo vessel received unambiguous loading instructions that led to two explosions in the forecastle store. A crewmember that was in the room with the explosions suffered severe burns, whereas the investigation showed that the cargo was not in the IMSBC Code.

Steamship Mutual referred to Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Freeport Holdings Ltd, “The Lady M”, court case, according to which the Court of Appeal instantly decided that a shipowner can rely on the fire defence in the Hague-Visby Rules even if the fire was started deliberately by a ship’s officer.

Fire took place at the SPD9 platform, in the South Pars gas field, on June 12. About 14 people were working at the platform the moment of the fire, and after the explosion they were transported to Asaluyeh, Southern Province of Bushehr, by helicopter. No casualties were reported, while the fire has now been contained.

Two oil tankers were hit in a suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman Thursday morning, increasing alarmingly oil prices, amid an ongoing tension in the Middle East. The incident comes only a month after a similar incident in which four tankers in the region were struck.

The Israeli Navy has proceeded to the arrest of a stowaway on board a container ship that was moored outside the port of Haifa. Reports mention that the man was attempting to set the vessel on fire. The unidentified people tried to take control of the ship, while the fire began during the argument.

Cruise operator RCL, Wärtsilä, and DNV GL announced that Navigator of the Seas will feature the industry's first fire prevention notation. The class notation F(M-P) identifies key areas for preventing fires in engine rooms based on incident analysis, feedback from surveyors, and best practices from the industry.

According to local reports, a fire broke out in the engine room of cargo vessel Cape Knox, in May 31, while it was berthed at the Poland Avenue Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fire department deployed fire engines, but the fire smouldered inside a roughly 100-square-foot container near the ship’s engine room. The container was filled with diesel fuel sludge.

In its Safety Digest, UK MAIB focuses on an incident concerning a fire that erupted onboard a vessel while it was sailing through the North Sea. In the beginning the crew was unable to find where the fire took place, as the sensor 'A010' was mistaken; Later on, the master detected the fire, which didn't result to any fatal incidents.

Fire took place erupted on board the livestock carrier Boi Branco, which was berthed at Piraeus port, Greece, in the morning May 30. As of now, the extent of the damages or the cause of the fire is not known, while no injuries were reported. At the time of the incident, the vessel was in ballast, while it did not have any cattle on board.

Port Authority Director of Thailand, Kamolsak Phromprayoon, reported that the fire onboard KMTC containership was due to mis-declared chemical cargoes of calcium hypochlorite and chlorinated paraffin wax. The port Authority inspected 35 containers at the centre of the blaze, which resulted to more than half of of cargoes contained chemical products.