It was morning and the bosun and three other ABs had planned to do some maintenance work in cargo hold 1. The bosun began to scrape the parts he could reach from the tank top and also used an extension. After the 1000 coffee break the team returned to the cargo hold. As prior to […]
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The immediate cause of the fire was a lit cigarette that likely fell onto a highly flammable sofa in AB2’s cabin. This incident was aggravated by flammable materials, such as paper...
Vessel A departed at midnight. Once the pilot had left the vessel it increased its speed to 17 knots. Visibility wasabout 3-4M with westerly wind force 3 and calm seas. There were a number of commercial vessels and fishingvessels in the area. The Second Officer was acting as OOW, assisted by a...
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A general cargo vessel equipped with two cargo holds was planning to load in three different ports. The vessel’s Master requested dunnage and lashing material from the charterer for loading operations in the last port. This included 64 stoppers, 64 H-beams and 50 D-Rings. Everything except the...
The container vessel had visited five ports in Europe in six days, before proceeding to Asia. Before leaving for its final port in Europe the vessel had been delayed due to problems with a cargo crane. To make the scheduled berthing time at the next port the vessel had to increase speed. There was...
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The bulk carrier was loading wire coils. When loading was complete the crew taped across the transverse beams of all the cargo holds with Ram-Nek plastic gasket. During the vessel’s transit it sailed through heavy weather that lasted for about two days. During this time the vessel was pitching and...
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MAIB provides lessons learnt insights on improper isolation before carrying out any tasks and how it can lead to a series of uncontrolled events dangerous for the safety of vessel and personnel.
Actions: Reviews carried out for risk assessments, work permit and qualification of personnel to perform the assigned tasks. Adequate supervision for junior crew members also taken into account.
What Happened?On a regular day, when an LPG vessel was alongside port carrying out discharge operations, there...
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The MARINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD UK, published an investigation report which detailed the events related to a fire in the engine room onboard a vessel, due to failure of main engine components, initiated by fatigue fracture of the connecting rod small end bearing.
Actions and Recommendations: All the main engine bearing components were tested after the failure of the engine.
Improvement of procedures related to Maintenance of Class related and critical equipment , and reporting and...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in...
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The latest meeting of the Nautilus Professional and Technical Forum focused on the devastating fire onboard the car carrier Fremantle Highway earlier this year. The aim was to gather members’ expertise on safety issues relating to this kind of vessel – and around the carriage of electric vehicles (EVs) on any ship type, reports Nautalis International.
The incidentNautilus head of professional and technical David Appleton acknowledged that, contrary to initial reports it was now thought that an...