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The UK MAIB issued this year Safety Digest including lessons learnt from maritime accidents. One incident draws the attention on pilot boat fire where disaster prevented by swift actions.

Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea.

In preparation for hot work by shore workers the crew placed three fire hoses, two dry-powder fire extinguishers and a number of fire blankets in the hold.

Investigations are underway to work out what caused a collision between a cargo ship and a chemical-laden tanker off Korea's southeast coast in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The London P&I Club has issued alert regarding distresed sugar cargoes from Santos. The Club had previoulsy reported a fire broke out at the Copersucar Sugar Terminal in Santos a few months ago

Bulletin addresses the intentional securing of fixed water-based fire fighting systems onboard USCG has issued Marine Safety Information Bulletin No 41. to address the international securing of fixed water- based fire fighting systems onboard certain vessels.Machinery spaces onboard vessels are particularly high risk areas for fires. Locations such as main and auxiliary engine tops, fuel oil purifiers, burners and incinerator burners are major areas of concern. Fires in these areas can spread very quiclky, causing serious damage placing vessels, their crews and the ports they visit at risk. To protect against this fire risk, Category A machinery spaces containing oil-fired boilers or oil fuel units must be fitted with a fixed fire-extinguishing sustem (SOLAS II-2/10.5.1.1). In addition, Category A machinery spaces above 500m3 in volume must have an approved type of fixed water-based or equivalent local application fire-extinguishing system (SOLAS II-2/10.5.6.1). This fixed water-based local application fire-fightinh system is intended to protect the crew and affected machinery quiclky, and without the necessity of engine shutdown, personnel evacuation, or sealing the space.Where the Category A machinery space protected by the local application fire-extinguishing system is periodically unattended, the system must be provided with both automatic and manual release capability.During recent port ...

ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements Image Credit: ABSWhile current Rules and regulations identify certain mandatory fire safety arrangements for offshore installations, vessels and ships, fires and explosions continue to be one of the top safety hazards. ABS has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well as oceangoing vessels."Protection against fires on board vessels and offshore installations is critically important," says ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki. "This new Guide represents another significant step taken by ABS toward safer operations."According to ABS Director of Marine Technology Christina Wang, one of the primary goals of this new Guide is to provide criteria for notations that increase the level of protection against fires on board vessels, mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), mobile offshore units (MOUs) and offshore installations. Another objective is to reduce the consequences of an onboard fire through specific measures for prevention, detection and fire extinguishing."Current rules and regulations identify certain fire safety arrangements that must be provided on board a vessel, drilling unit or offshore installation," Wang explains, noting even though the rules and regulations have mandated such "minimum" requirements for many years, ...

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released the panel investigation report into the November 16, 2012 explosion and fire that occurred on a platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations. The explosion and fire resulted in the tragic deaths of Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo, and Avelino Tajonera, serious injuries to others, and the discharge of pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico.

The UK MAIB has issued Safety Bulletin including safety recommendations on two recent casualties involving DUKW amphibious vehicles modified to carry passengers

Port of Salalah responded to a fire onboard a fishing vessel BAEK YUNG 29 that occurred at approximately 0300 on 28 October, 2013 while berthed at the port.