In its latest Safety Digest report, UK MAIB published an incident concerning a 70-minute scheduled trip, when after 10 minutes, a small coastal passenger cruiser suffered a main engine failure that resulted in an engine room fire. There were no injuries but the vessel had to be taken out of service.
The Incident
In the beginning of the voyage, the master was first alerted to a problem with the port main engine when alarms sounded in the wheelhouse. The master’s initial reaction was to bring the...
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