Tag: Monthly Safety Scenario

The Swedish P&I Club issues its Monthly Safety Scenario for April 2016 regarding a collision due to a series of errors and recommends preventive measures.

The Swedish P&I Club issues its Monthly Safety Scenario for March 2016 regarding an accident due to blackout and recommends preventive measures.

The Swedish P&I Club has issued its Monthly Safety Scenario for February 2016 regarding an accident due to leaking hatch covers and recommends preventive measures.

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for January 2016 regarding a fatal fall accident. The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new “Monthly Safety Scenario” (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.

The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety for December 2015 regarding a collision with vessel at anchor. While Vessel A was raising its anchor before proceeding to the next port, the master decided to pass ahead of vessel B that was anchored for bunkering. Vessel B was on A’s starboard bow, A was maintaining a speed of 7 knots and a course of 122°. There was a strong southerly ebb tide of about 5 knots.

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for November 2015 The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety for November 2015 regarding an incident due to defective main engine lubricating oil. The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new "Monthly Safety Scenario" (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.The IncidentThe vessel had completed a scheduled drydocking. After departing from the dry dock the vessel experienced extensive water leakage at various locations, which led to excessive water on the tank top. The leaks were repaired and completed the following day.The following day an unusual noise could be heard from cylinder unit 4. The main engine was stopped and the crankcase opened. An inspection of the unit revealed problems that could not be rectified immediately. Cylinder unit 4 was isolated. Furthermore the crew found the system oil was contaminated with 2% water.Without any rectification the main engine was restarted and the voyage resumed. Shortly afterwards a loud noise was heard from the main engine and the exhaust gas temperature of cylinder unit 8 was slowly falling, so it was decided to stop the main engine for further investigation.The crew changed several fuel ...

The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety Scenario for October 2015 regarding an incident due to loss of anchor.

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for September 2015 The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety Scenario for September 2015 regarding contaminated lube oil which caused by engine damage.The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new "Monthly Safety Scenario" (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.The vessel was sailing in good weather. Suddenly the high lube oil temperature alarm activated and the main engine stopped automatically. Investigations revealed an abnormal level in the sump tank and the cooling water expansion tank had lost water.Cooling water had got into the lubricating oil sump and contaminated the lube oil system. It was further found that the number 2 cylinder head was leaking coolant from a loosened guide bolt on the inlet valve crossbar. Attempts to tighten the bolt failed. The cylinder head was replaced with a spare.Approximately 900kg of fresh oil was filled without draining off any contaminated oil. The main engine was restarted and the voyage resumed. Two days later when the vessel was approaching the pilot station an alarm sounded indicating a high lube oil temperature from cylinder number 3.The engine was stopped and investigations were carried out. ...

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for August 2015 The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety Scenario for August 2015 regarding cargo damaged caused by broken lashings. The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new "Monthly Safety Scenario" (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.A general cargo vessel equipped with two cargo holds was planning to load in three different ports before the ocean passage. The vessel's master requested dunnage and lashing material for the loading in the last port from the charterer. The request included 64 stoppers, 64 H-beams and 50 D-Rings. Everything except the H-beams was delivered to the vessel.The charter had also arranged for a super cargo to be onboard during the loading to make sure that the cargo securing was done properly. For reasons unknown the super cargo was present at all ports except the final loading port. Cargo securing and lashing in all three ports was done by the crew. A lashing plan had not been drawn up by the charterers for any of the loading ports.The charterer had arranged weather routing for the ocean voyage. A few days into the voyage, the ...

The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety Scenario for July 2015 regarding blackout occured on board a bulk carrier which caused grounding and collision.