Tag: fire onboard

A Panama-registered car carrier called "Auto Banner", caught fire while it was anchored at the South Korean port of Incheon, on Monday May 21. All of the crewmembers were safely evacuated. One of the cars' engine was probably overheated, catching fire, which then spread.

In its latest Safety Flashes, IMCA presents a case of a fire due to incorrectly selected oxygen welding gas hose, during a routine cutting job onboard a ship. There were no injuries or ship damage, but investigation later revealed that the hose had been recently replaced with one that did not comply with ISO 14113 specification.

The hotspots onboard the ultra large container ship 'Maersk Honam' have been almost extinguished and the vessel is now tentatively expected to berth next week, when the discharging operations will commence. If everything proceeds as planned, the operations are estimated to last 4 to 7 days.

The US Coast Guard announced it will conduct a formal public hearing on 16 July, at USCG Sector Houston-Galveston, to consider evidence related to an incident aboard the Bouchard No. 255 Tank Barge, back in October, with explosion, fire and two fatalities and oil discharge into the water.

The Indonesia police has seized the bulk carrier 'Ever Judger', as the authorities continue to conduct their investigation regarding the recent oil spill and fire in Balikpapan Bay, in which five fishermen who were at the scene, lost their lives. The police asked the immigration office not to let the crewmembers of the ship to leave Indonesia.

Danish shipping company DFDS announced closure of its Rosyth-Zeebrugge route, after the fire onboard its ro-ro freight ship 'Finlandia Seaways' earlier this month, while underway in the English Channel. According to the company, the ship has sustained significant damage and there are no other suitable vessels available to serve this route. 

In latest edition of its Safety Digest, the UK MAIB describes a case of fire in the crew mess room of a fishing vessel that was secured alongside in port. The three crew who were sleeping onboard escaped without injury, but the vessel was extensively damaged. The investigation identified that electrical failure was the key cause.

While a coastal Ro-Ro passenger vessel was at berth, it was using a auxiliary boiler to provide onboard accommodation heating, while the engines were not operating. After the boiler began working, fire broke out near the boiler, caused by a leak. The engineers quickly shut the boiler down and put the fire out with a foam fire extinguisher.

The US Coast Guard is coordinating fuel removal and salvage operations for a fishing vessel that caught fire near Eureka. The case started Wednesday morning, when a crewmember from the distressed fishing vessel 'Midori' contacted another fishing vessel 'Charlie D', via cell phone, to report a fire aboard.

The anchor of the Panama-flagged bulk carrier 'Ever Judger' has reportedly caused the rupture of an underwater pipeline, which resulted in a massive oil spill in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on 31 March, which caused fatality of five fishermen who were at the scene and were caught in the blaze.