Tag: fire onboard

Transport Malta has issued an accident investigation report regarding a fire incident in the engine-room the Maltese registered chemical / oil tanker Askara occured after fuel oil transfer operations.

The PSA released its investigation report on the fire, which broke out in the utility shaft on Statfjord A, on 16 October 2016, during transfer of oil from the platform’s storage cells to a shuttle tanker.

EMSA’s Firesafe study focuses on electrical fire as ignition risk and fire extinguishing failure, after consultation with experts from Maritime Administrations and Accident Investigation Bodies. The study showed that approximately 30% of fires on ro-ro passenger ships originate on the vehicle deck and 90% of these, in the cargo being transported.

The US registered car carrier "Honor" caught fire in the English Channel on February 24, while it was en route to Baltimore from Southampton. Luckily, the 21 crew are safe and still on board the vessel, continuing to monitor the cargo area.

Roll-on-roll-off vessels and car carriers are twice as likely to catch fire as other ships and vehicle-deck fires are notoriously difficult to contain and put out. Therefore, the North P&I Club has published a new loss prevention briefing on how to prevent, detect and fight fires onboard such vessels.

Marine underwriters have witnessed an increase in the frequency of fires in the car/ro-ro passenger vessel segment. Thus IUMI have put forward recommendations to mitigate the risks.

During a number of recent ship visits, UK P&I Club's Risk Assessors have found many cases where the filter elements and filter chambers of the vessel’s tumble dryers (both domestic and industrial units) have not been cleared of lint build up. The Club highlights the dangers of blocked filters which may result in fire hazards onboard.

The US Coast Guard and good Samaritans responded to the report of a vessel on fire approximately 150 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, on January 16. Luckily, no injuries or pollution has been reported.

The Coast Guard has announced that is responding to a report of a fire on an oil production platform near Grand Isle, Louisiana.

On New Year’s Day, the Zahro Express caught fire while en route from Muara Angke Port in Jakarta to Tidung Island. The bodies found on the ferry have been badly burnt, making it difficult to identify them.