Tag: fire onboard

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a Maritime Safety Awareness report on fire safety in order to raise awareness of the risks and prevent further incidents.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is continuing its search and rescue (SAR) operations after the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 reported fire onboard while passing through the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island on March 29th.

This morning around 2 a.m., the Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Center received 911 calls reporting multiple boats on fire in a marina.

According to the Portuguese Navy, the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a distress call via platform 112 about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, regarding a fire aboard the tanker Greta K. 

According to Muskegon Fire Department, on 6th Monday 2023 a fire broke out at the Safe Harbor Great Lakes Marina in Muskegon, Michigan. 

According to the Italian Coast Guard, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Filippo Lippi ferry of Siremar on March 7th, 3 miles southwest of the island of Salina. The Milazzo Coast Guard's CP 818 patrol boat of the Milazzo Coast Guard intervened to rescue 5 passengers who were on board.

A fire broke out in the engine room of passenger/vehicle RoRo Isle Of Inishfree on Friday March 3rd while it was travelling from Dover to Calais.

A fire onboard ferry Stena Europe broke out in the engine room during weekend while she was approaching Fishguard port, UK, on arrival from Rosslare Ireland. Passengers were safely disembarked and no injuries reported. 

Following several high-profile ship fires involving electric vehicles (EVs), Survitec is advising operators of vessels transporting hybrid and EVs – such as ferries, ropaxes, roros, PCCs and PCTCs – on how best to prevent and control fire onboard ships involving lithium-ion batteries.

As USCG informs, during the recent hurricane "IAN" first responders encountered numerous vehicle fires involving Electronic Vehicles (EVs).