Tag: fire safety measures

West of England P&I Club issued a Loss Prevention bulletin, regarding fires and explosions, due to aluminium phosphide fumigation. Recently, the Club has experienced several similar incidents in cargo holds, on-board bulk carriers, where aluminium phosphide tablets had been applied to fumigate agricultural products.

USCG issued Marine Safety Alert 02-17, to inform those that may lease and occupy portable accommodation modules on board fixed OCS platforms. Following a recent investigation into a fire, USCG strongly recommends that operators ensure that all commercial grade stoves and ovens are installed with the proper clearances to prevent ignition of combustible materials.

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.

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.

Since the MSC Circular on the interpretation for the number of spare cylinders to replace those used during the drill was newly approved at the MSC97, ClassNK informs of the application of additional requirements including the new information.

In this article Rick Jeffress, Director, Business Development, Fike Corporation, outlines how the use of advanced video analytics can help engine room operators reduce the incidence of fire caused by oil leakage.

BraemarSA has warned that a lack of maintenance has led to a significant increase in engine room fires according to its latest Asia Market Briefing.

Rick Jeffress, Fike Corporation, explains how by using Video Analytics, operators could minimize fire risk referring to company’s solution. He says that a shipboard camera network combined with Fike Video Analytics creates a highly efficient means for rapidly detecting oil mist, a precursor to a potential fire or explosion.

The U.S. Coast Guard has published a final rule on the Harmonization of Standards for Fire Protection, Detection and Extinguishing Equipment, in order to update its regulations to reflect advances in technology and to harmonize its regulations with national and international consensus standards.

According to a new report, ship fires pose a threat to maritime safety in Europe with the highest risk on roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger ships . The report concluded that it is very difficult to prevent ship fires and minimising their consequences also poses great challenges.