cargo damage

Undamaged the cargoes onboard ONE’s ship after collision

ONE company announced that the cargo vessel ONE Blue Jay departed the Port of Perama on September 27 and is now deployed in MD2 service, following the vessels collision with the tanker Gunece off the Port of Piraeus.

The company reports that there was no damage to the cargo onboard the vessel, making it capable of departing and moving along.

As of today, there is no damage reported to cargo onboard MV ONE BLUE JAY following the 26 September 2019 incident

… the company highlights.

According to...

https://safety4sea.com/undamaged-the-cargoes-onboard-ones-ship-after-collision/

On deck cargo loss,damage excluded from Hague-Visby rules

The English Court decided that ‘On a true construction of the Bill of Lading, the Owner is not liable for any loss of or damage to any cargo carried on deck, including loss of or damage to any cargo carried on deck caused by the unseaworthiness of the Vessel and/or the Owner’s negligence’, according to Bill Kirrane, Steamship’s Mutual Syndicate Manager.

Specifically, the English High Court officially stated that ‘a shipowner has no liability for loss or damage to deck cargo where the bill of...

https://safety4sea.com/on-deck-cargo-lossdamage-excluded-from-hague-visby-rules/

Heavy weather leads to lost containers

The Swedish Club in its August monthly safety scenario focuses on a large container vessel that was sailing on a SE course in the North Atlantic, bound for a European port. While sailing the weather got worse and the wind reached Beaufort scale 9, resulting to 7-metre waves. The vessel was hit on its starboard side, causing heavy rolling. The maximum rolling was 20o to starboard and 30o to port.

How it happened:

During the vessels transmit, in morning hours, the OOW heard a noise astern of the...

https://safety4sea.com/heavy-weather-leads-to-lost-containers/

New VR training solution to help protect cargo

Videotel launched a new virtual reality (VR) training title, aiming to help ship operators avoid possible claims running into millions of pounds, because of cargo damage caused by insufficient tank cleaning on board chemical tankers.

The proper cleaning of cargo tanks in order to receive their next cargo is a complex operation and is a crucial part of safe operation on board, specifically regarding the carriage of sensitive chemical cargoes.

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The effectiveness...

https://safety4sea.com/new-vr-training-solution-to-help-protect-cargo/

SIGTTO presents ‘Recommendations for management of cargo alarm systems’

The Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators Ltd (SIGTTO) published the first output from the Human Element Committee, ‘Recommendations for Management of Cargo Alarm Systems’, recommending the implementation of alarm management philosophies for cargo alarm systems on gas carriers.

The purpose of these recommendations is to encourage owners to create an alarm management system that will address the design, management and operation of alarm systems. Owners may find valuable...

https://safety4sea.com/sigtto-presents-recommendations-for-management-of-cargo-alarm-systems/

Unreported dangerous cargo might have caused the KMTC fire

Port Authority Director of Thailand, Kamolsak Phromprayoon, reported that the fire onboard KMTC containership was due to mis-declared chemical cargoes of calcium hypochlorite and chlorinated paraffin wax.

Specifically, more than 130 people were transferred to hospital, after an explosion and fire onboard the South Korean container ship ‘KMTC Hong Kong’ while berthed in Thailand’s eastern Laem Chabang port.

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The port Authority inspected 35 containers at the...

https://safety4sea.com/unreported-dangerous-cargo-might-have-caused-the-kmtc-fire/

Lessons Learned: Measure gas concentration prior to cleaning ops in cargo oil tank

Japan Transport Safety Board issued an accident investigation concerning a chemical tanker that was conducting cleaning work in a cargo oil tank. Yet, the cleaning work resulted to an explosion leading to the injury of two seamen and damages to the cargo.

The Incident

On April 8, 2018, at approximately 1005 hours, an explosion occurred in the cargo oil tank of the chemical tanker ‘Golden Sunny Hana’, as it was sailing southeast off to the southeast of Kunisaki Port, Oita Prefecture, and the...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-measure-gas-concentration-prior-to-cleaning-ops-in-cargo-oil-tank/

Lessons learned: Crack in cargo hold cover leads to wet damage

In its Monthly Safety Scenario for April, the Swedish Club describes a case of cargo damage caused by water ingress due to a crack on the hatch coaming. The incident resulted in several days of delay for the ship to get the wet cargo off the vessel, while most of the cargo was refused by the buyer.

The incident

The bulk carrier had a full cargo of zinc concentrate onboard and was sailing from the west coast to the east coast of South America. When the vessel passed Cape Horn, it experienced heavy...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-crack-in-cargo-hold-cover-leads-to-wet-damage/

TT Club launches campaign on cargo safety in light of fire incidents

TT Club, an international transport and logistics insurer, launched the Cargo Integrity campaign due to the increase of container ship fires and in favour of the safety of the seafarers. Taking the maritime segment of global supply chain, it is estimated that a major container ship fire at sea occurs on average every 60 days, albeit that there have already been four major cargo-related fire incidents in 2019.

Mainly, the Club commented on the fire incidents concerning the ‘Yantian Express‘, the ‘

https://safety4sea.com/tt-club-launches-campaign-on-cargo-safety-in-light-of-fire-incidents/

Crew evacuated from burning vessel off Chioggia, Italy

A Belize-flagged general cargo vessel was on fire off Italy, and its crew was evacuated as local sources state. The 18 crewmembers were saved and no injuries have been reported. Thus, authorities are investigating the incident to find out the exact cause.

Specifically, the 8.900 dwt Hala B was on anchor near the Port of Chioggia.

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During its anchorage the vessel caught fire. The fire started from the engine room in the evening hours on February 26, according...

https://safety4sea.com/crew-evacuated-from-burning-ship-off-chioggia-italy/

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