case study

Erratic Steering Led To 6000 Gallons Of Oil Spill

The offshore supply vessel was outbound for sea transiting Sabine Pass with a crew of five, when it collided with the inbound articulated tug and barge (ATB), with a pilot and nine crew aboard, in the vicinity of Texas Point. About 6,641 gallons of diesel oil were released, and the waterway was closed for 12 hours. No injuries were reported. The vessel, valued at $1.2 million, was declared a total loss. The ATB sustained $654,572 in damages.

Incident

Ship left the Genesis Energy dock and en route...

https://mfame.guru/erratic-steering-led-to-6000-gallons-of-oil-spill/

Maintenance Error Caused $2.2M Marine Accident

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, The incorrect installation of a single set screw led to the loss of propulsion control  causing the ship to strike a pier at 6.8 knots. Contact between the self-unloading bulk carrier and a pier associated with the Soo Locks, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, resulting in $2.2 million in damage.

Incident

The self-unloading bulk carrier was transiting the Upper St. Marys River, west of the Soo Locks, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, with a crew...

https://mfame.guru/maintenance-error-caused-2-2m-marine-accident/

Repairs During The Night Layover Period Cause Accident

In the second case of UK MAIB’s recently-released Safety Digest, it is described an incident where contractors were carrying out essential engine repairs during the night layover period on board a ferry that operated on a short sea route. After starting engine, small fire burning in the exhaust lagging in the vicinity of the turbocharger.

Incident

Engine repairs carryout during the night layover period on board a ferry. Exhaust cladding had been removed in order that access could be gained to a...

https://mfame.guru/repairs-during-the-night-layover-period-cause-accident/

Bow Thruster Operations On Container Ships

Last month our men performed afloat bow thruster operations on container ships in Belgium and Spain. In Algeciras a thruster was removed on a 306-meter vessel and in Zeebrugge a unit was reinstalled on a 135-meter ship.  Let us have a look into this aspect deeply.

Setting up a monitoring station

All the necessary equipment was mobilized from our Algeciras fast response center for the operation in Spain.

After the team set up a monitoring station, our diver/technicians detached the blades one by...

https://mfame.guru/bow-thruster-operations-on-container-ships/

White Paper – Case Study: MeMD Helps Trucking Company Save $34,000 Annually with Virtual Care

Decker Truck Line Inc. is a national leader in transportation and logistics with an award-winning fleet of carriers that transport refrigerated, flatbed and dry van freight throughout North America. With thousands of drivers traversing the nation’s highways year-round, it was important for Decker to provide them with quick, convenient access to healthcare services—no matter where they were traveling or what time of day (or night).

As with companies worldwide, safe and quick access to healthcare...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-case-study-memd-helps-trucking-company-save-34000-annually-with-virtual-care

Underwater Insert Repair In Rotterdam

A 130-meter chemical tanker suffered erosion damage in the grey water tank. We were contacted by the owner to provide an underwater solution that would allow the vessel to keep her schedule. A team of our diver/technicians therefore mobilized to Rotterdam to perform on-site repairs, says an article published on Hydrex website.

About The Damage
  • This type of smaller damage is created over time as the result of the recurring impact of for instance water on the exact same spot over and over again.
  • On...

https://mfame.guru/underwater-insert-repair-in-rotterdam/

How Containers Get Lost At Sea?

According to a report published in Gov.UK, on an average 1,390 containers lost at sea each year.

Summary of the incident

On 20 January 2018, the then UK flagged container ship CMA CGM G. Washington unexpectedly rolled 20° to starboard, paused for several seconds, then rolled 20° to port. The ship was experiencing very heavy seas in the North Pacific Ocean while on passage from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles, USA.

In daylight the following morning, the crew found that three container bays had...

http://mfame.guru/how-containers-get-lost-at-sea/

Hot Cooking Oil Splashes into Cook’s Eye! Precautions To Be Taken

According to a report published in Shipowner’s Club, it investigates the case of personal injury that was caused after hot cooking oil splashed into the cook’s eye.

Summary of the incident

The cook was shallow frying vegetables in the galley. When transferring the raw, cut vegetables into the heated oil in the saucepan from above, most of the vegetables fell as a large lump. This resulted in the oil splashing out and some of it entering the cook’s right eye. The cook immediately washed the...

http://mfame.guru/hot-cooking-oil-splashes-into-cooks-eye-precautions-to-be-taken/

Lack of Safety Management System in Heavy Weather Caused Damage To Vessel

On the afternoon of Sunday the 7th February 2016, ‘MV Epsilon’ sailed from Cherbourg in France bound for Dublin, Ireland and suffered due to adverse weather conditions.

What happened?

Having departed Cherbourg, the vessel crossed the English Channel in a north-westerly direction.

It then proceeded in a westerly direction along the English Channel in the direction of Land’s End. As the vessel proceeded west, the steadily increasing westerly wind and sea conditions reduced its speed over the ground....

http://mfame.guru/case-study-ship-suffers-due-to-heavy-weather/

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