Tag: fire onboard

Pilots Captain Michael G. McGee and Captain Michael C. Phillips, from Houston were recognized for their role in averting a tragedy in September 2016, when the tanker they were piloting broke down in the Houston Ship Channel in the middle of the night and burst into flames, after colliding with mooring dolphins.

NTSB issued a report on a fire on the upper deck of the passenger vessel 'Tahoe Queen' as it was alongside its home pier on Lake Tahoe undergoing maintenance repairs, in August 2016. As a result from the accident, two crewmembers suffered minor injuries and the vessel was declared a constructive total loss, valued at $4.8 million.

29 people were injured and at least 20 cars were damaged, during a fire that broke out on the passenger ferry 'Tariq-Ibn-Ziyad', which had started its route from Marseille and was heading to Algeria.

On 11 July 2016, the tug 'Ken Mackenzie', with 2 people on board, reported a fire in the engine room while transiting the Fraser River, British Columbia. The 2 crew members abandoned the vessel and were picked up by the assist tug Harken No. 5. 

USCG received a report on Wednesday that Shell Enchilada platform was on fire, approximately 112 nautical miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. At the time of the incident, there were 46 crew members reported aboard the platform, who were evacuated to a lifeboat and transferred to a nearby platform, Salsa.

In the latest issue of its Safety Digest, UK MAIB describes how a fire was developed in the passage of a ship. UK MAIB provides a description of the incident and presents the lessons learned from this incident to prevent similar phenomena in the future.

Transport Malta's Marine Safety Investigation Unit issued an investigation report regarding the engine room fire onboard the cruise ship 'THOMSON MAJESTY' in South of Gorgona Island, on 21 October 2016.

In the early hours of Friday, US Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a mayday from the captain of the tug vessel 'Buster Bouchard' over Channel 16, who reported that the barge B255 attached to his tug was on fire and two crew members were unaccounted for.

When a fire breaks out on board a vessel there is no fire service ready to assist in extinguishing it – it is up to the crew themselves. The Swedish P&I Club issued a new guide for quick reference to the causes and prevention of cargo fires and explosion onboard.

In its latest edition of Safety Digest report, the UK MAIB describes a fire incident in the engine room of a UK registered vessel, that resulted in the death of an engineer officer, and provides important lessons learned to prevent similar accidents from occurring again.