Tag: fire onboard

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.

A gas pipeline fire was reported near Port O'Connor, Texas, on Tuesday evening, according to data provided by the US Coast Guard. Watchstanders received a mayday call from the vessel 'Jonathon King Boyd', who reported the vessel was on fire after hitting a gas pipeline while conducting dredging operations.

The DFDS Ro-Ro cargo ship "Finlandia Seaways" suffered a fire in its engine room in April 16 in the English Channel, while heading to Rosyth UK, from Zeebrugge Belgium. One crewmember, who was in the engine room when the fire broke out, was injured and was transported to a hospital in the UK.

One worker is missing after an offshore drilling vessel caught fire off Sarawak, in Malaysian waters, South China Sea, in the morning hours of 17 April.  According to initial reports, at about 3am, an explosion occurred in the vessel's engine room which led to the fire.

On Friday 13 of April, at 6.30 am (local time), a fire broke out in the sauna in the living quarters of the Goliat FPSO. The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. As Eni Norway said, all safety procedures worked appropriately, and the situation is now normalised. Goliat is the world’s most northern oil platform.

NTSB released a report about the the vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis. The vessel had began from Port Arthur, Texas, heading to Jacksonville, Florida, when a pipe plug on the fuel pump for the main engine’s no. 6 cylinder came loose, causing fuel spray onto the engine’s hot exhaust gas pipe manifold. The atomized fuel ignited, causing fire.

The Standard P&I Club issued a master’s guide to raise awareness of fire risks on ferries. This type of ship presents particular risks due to the cargo onboard: Cars, lorries and refrigerated containers, all of these have combustible material and their own fire hazards, something which a ship’s crew cannot easily control. 

Indonesian state-owned energy giant Pertamina took over the responsibility for an oil spill off Balikpapan, which caused a fatal fire, on 31st of March. The company had initially denied involvement on the incident, but it said Wednesday that the spill was caused by an underwater pipeline that cracked during its clean up operations.

Two people dead and one injured was the aftermath of a fire involving the anchored bulk carrier 'Ever Judger' and some fishing vessels, while at eastern Kalimanta, Indonesia, Makassar Strait, on 31st of March. All ship crew were evacuated. The two are believed to be fishermen caught in the blaze. Another one reportedly suffered serious burn injuries.