Tag: fire safety measures

ClassNK has issued Technical Information TEC-0977 regarding the Maintenance, Testing and Inspection of Fire Fighting Systems and appliances on board the Singapore flag ships as follows:

MPA Singapore Circular 19 of 2013 Maintenance, testing and inspection of fire protection systems and firefighting systems and appliances

Update: Maersk Kampala fire is out on September 4th. Fire began on 28th August while in Suez Canal

Maersk Kampala Fights with Fire in South of Suez Canal: latest updates from Maersk Line

Making safer composite materials for ship building

Prelimenary results of Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Fire Safety Systems Recent events have demonstrated that a fire on board a ship can be potentially devastating and can seriously affect the safety of those on board. Preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety Systems, carried out between 1 September 2012 and 30 November 2012 in the Paris MoU region show that:103 ships were detained over the 3 month period as a direct result of the CIC for deficiencies related to Fire Safety Systems. 64% of all ships detained in the three month period were detained for fire safety related issues. Problem areas included fire pumps and its pipes, fire fighting equipment and appliances, and the fire control plan.Fire safety has been in the top 5 of most frequently encountered categories of deficiencies during inspections for years. Reason enough for the Paris MoU to concentrate attention to this area during a CIC. "The outcome of the CIC shows that fire safety is clearly not top priority on every ship and that is a serious concern", says Richard Schiferli, Secretary General of the Paris MoU on PSC.The CIC questionnaire was completed during 4,014 inspections on 3,985 individual ships. A ...

WTS Acquires Novenco Fire Fighting A/S