Tag: fire onboard

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place on 14 September 2022, when MV Mona was transiting the Aegean Sea, en route to a dry dock in Tuzla, Türkiye, when a fire broke out in the engine-room, with flames observed rising above the main engine’s cylinder unit no. 2.

Cargo vessel Genius Star XI experienced a fire in cargo hold No. 1, off the Alaska port of Dutch Harbor on Christmas Day, en route from Vietnam to San Diego.

Russia reported on Monday, December 25th, that emergency crews successfully extinguished a fire on the Sevmorput, a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo-icebreaker ship docked in Murmansk.

In an article originally published on Gard, Oliver Goossens, Lawyer at Gard, Singapore, argues that the English High Court’s decision in the case of the MSC FLAMINIA provides useful guidance on which claims are subject to limitation, and which are not.

NorthStandard P&I Club presents the risk involved with bulk shipments of scrap ferrous metal, as explained by Dr Neil Sanders of Burgoynes Consulting Scientists and Engineers.

Gard published that in the past few months, has received several queries on the safe carriage of battery energy storage systems (BESS) on ships and highlights some of the key risks, regulatory requirements, and recommendations for shipping such cargo.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report into the blaze on the bridge of the crude tanker S-Trust 12 months ago, to provide lessons learned.

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.