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The UK MCA released information on the potentially long-lasting and far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on seafarer wellbeing and provided guidance for shipowners on the stressors which have been created or exacerbated by the conditions throughout the pandemic.

UK MAIB published its report on Finlandia Seaways, which on 16 April 2018 sufered a catastrophic main engine failure that caused serious structural damage to the engine and a fire in the engine room.

An Indonesia LPG tanker was on fire after an oil barge exploded very nearby at a local yard in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. According to a video that was published, the barge exploded at he PT Barokah Galangan Perkasa shipyard in close proximity to the moored Grace V, a 1989-built, 2,010 cu m LPG carrier.

Following the engine room fire onboard "Maersk Elba" which took place while the vessel was en route from Suez to Felixstowe, MSC decided to cover the costs related to the incident.

The Maersk Elba is currently under tow to the Port of Algeciras after the break out of an engine room fire that disabled the ship off Portugal’s southern coast.

Portuguese authorities received a distress call from the Maersk Elba, as the containership was disabled due to an engine room fire. The vessel is now safely anchored. 

The Republic of Marshall Islands shared the requirements for the design, installation, and operation of Recreational Fire Appliances (RFAs) onboard RMI-flagged yachts.

Fire-related casualties and explosions constitute the majority of incidents investigated in 2019, as shown by the latest NTSB Safer Seas Digest released last week. The type of vessels mostly involved in such incidents included fishing vessels and towing vessels with barges. 

The NTSB issued its Safer Seas Digest, sharing older and new lessons learned as identified thorough its incident investigations in 2019. This aims to help mariners to view their operations with a critical eye and act accordingly in their day-to-day routines.

During the first day of the Marine Insurance London conference, International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) urged that the fires onboard containerships continue to be a major issue.