Lessons Learned: Do not load cargoes excluded from the IMSBC Code

In the latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB focuses on an explosion accident, according to which the master of a cargo vessel received unambiguous loading instructions that led to two explosions in the forecastle store. After the incident, the crewmember that was in the room with the explosions suffered severe burns, whereas the investigation showed that hydrogen had been released from the cargo and seeped into the forecastle store through a cargo lamp access plate.