Tag: fire onboard

An Indonesian ferry sank after sustaining a major fire in the waters off Banggai Laut, Central Sulawesi on Friday. At least 10 people have been reported dead as a result from the accident, including two kids below 5 years old, while about 20 passengers are still unaccounted for. 

After a New York District Court decided on September 10 that, Stolt and Deltech are responsible for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers, Stolt expressed its disagreement with the ruling. The court noted that Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

According to TT Club, container fires may take place on a weekly basis, with statistics showing that there is a major container cargo fire at sea roughly every 60 days. So, tackling fires and subsequent investigations are complex activities. With increasing container ships size increases, the risk of a fire incident increases too.

A fire broke out onboard a sailboat, off the island of Sifnos in Greece, during the weekend. The boat had two people onboard at the time of the incident. The Hellenic Coast Guard ships went on the scene of the incident to provide assistance, while the passengers got into a private boat, which was on the spot.

Twenty-eight people were rescued after a fishing vessel sustained fire, about 46 miles southwest of Serranilla Bank, Colombia, on Thursday late night.  The 774-foot tanker 'Challenge Pollux' rescued the 28 people from the water in a joint effort with the US Coast Guard and Colombian Navy, on Friday.

New York District Court decided on September 10 that MSC is not liable for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire  on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers. Instead, Daltech and Stolt are responsible for the accident. Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

In the morning hours of 7 September, the Maltese-flagged luxury yacht 'Kanga' suffered a major fire while off the cruise port of Dubrovnik, Croatia, with nine crew members and four passengers onboard. Initial reports suggest an electrical failure triggered the fire. 

The US Coast Guard is responding to a vessel fire on the lower Mississippi River near West Helena, Arkansas, Wednesday. As a result from the incident, the Coast Guard issued a waterway closure between mile marker 664 and mile marker 674 on the Mississippi River.

Greece-based Anek Lines informed that the passenger ship Eleftherios Venizelos which suffered a fire last week, has been transferred to the shipyard of Perama, where it will be repaired. The ship had departed Piraeus port heading to Chania, Crete, when a fire, erupted from an unspecified cause and originated from the garage.

Over 100 people were evacuated from the passenger ship 'Lite Ferry 28' after a fire broke out onboard, while the ship was sailing approximately 300 meters off Taloot Port Argao, Cebu, in the afternoon hours of Sunday, 2 September, the Philippine Coast Guard informed.