Casualties

The role of the SCR in the salvage of mega box ships

Amid the growing trend of an increase in ship sizes, Mr. Nick Haslam, Principal Master Mariner at Brookes Bell, uses his insight as a Special Casualty Representative (SCR) to consider what are the priorities during salvage of mega box ships.

Definition of an SCR

The role of the Special Casualty Representative (SCR) is to monitor the salvage services and operation then provide a final salvage report, which forms the basis for the settlement of any claim for SCOPIC remuneration (under the Special...

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Watch: AMSA rescues 24 seafarers, fishing vessel on fire

AMSA reports that on July 16, Tuesday, received an alert from the Japanese Coast Guard, according to which the Myojin Maru No. 8, was in distress after a fire broke out onboard. According to reports, the 24 crewmembers onboard were abandoning the vessel into lifeboats.

Specifically, AMSA received the alert at approximately 7:45 a.m. The vessel in distress was about 1030 km west of Perth.

In light of the alert, AMSA’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) placed the incident in a distress...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-amsa-rescues-24-seafarers-fishing-vessel-on-fire/

How BBQ beach-day results to second and third degree foot-burns

A woman had to be transmitted to a hospital, after a BBQ day at the beach. The victim suffered second and third degree burns to her foot, when she stepped barefoot to pick the BBQ stones, as she didn’t think that the sand would have absorbed the heat of the BBQ stones.

The woman who suffered burn injuries reported that during their BBQ they used three disposable BBQs on the sand and when they finished cooking they put them out and left to cool. Four hours later, they began packing up to leave.

As...

https://safety4sea.com/how-bbq-beach-day-results-to-second-and-third-degree-foot-burns/

Firefighting water contributes to vessel’s sinking

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an investigation report on a fire and explosion incident onboard the fishing vessel ‘Hit List’ while in Merrimack River off Massachusetts, in August 2018. The investigation found that the fire was caused by failure of a hydraulic hose fitting. Meanwhile, the water used for firefighting efforts contributed to the vessel’s sinking.

The incident

About 1725, on 24 August, a fire was detected in the engine compartment aboard the commercial...

https://safety4sea.com/firefighting-water-contributes-to-vessels-sinking/

NTSB: Unidentified source of fire led to ‘Logger’ sinking

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an investigation report on the fire onboard the fishing vessel ‘Logger’ while underway in Bering Sea, off Alaska in July 2018. The investigation could not establish the exact cause of the fire.

The incident

On 28 July 2018, about 0500 local time, the fish tender ‘Logger’ caught fire while under way in the Bering Sea off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 55 miles west of Port Moller, Alaska.

The crew of three attempted to fight the...

https://safety4sea.com/ntsb-unidentified-source-of-fire-led-to-logger-sinking/

TT-Line ferry suffers fire with 217 passengers onboard

The ferry ‘Peter Pan’, owned by Swedish ferry operator TT-Line, suffered an engine room fire while sailing in Baltic sea with a total of 217 passengers onboard, in the afternoon hours of 9 July.

The ferry was en route from Trelleborg, Sweden, to Travemünde, Germany, when the crew reported a mechanical-related fire on one of the five diesel generators, according to data provided by the company.

The 51 crew onboard responded quickly and fire was soon brought under control by onboard extinguishing...

https://safety4sea.com/tt-line-ferry-suffers-fire-with-217-passengers-onboard/

Cattle rescue continues after captain’s alleged suicide that caused vessel’s grounding

Following the Coyhaique roro that ran aground the previous week, the Authorities continue the rescue operations for 200 cattle in trucks. The vessel, allegedly, ran aground after the captain committed suicide and hanged himself.

Local sources reported that the ship-to-ship transfer operation continues.

The first cattle were transmitted of the Coyhaique roro after the navy managed to stabilise the vessel and transferred it to a more sheltered location.

In the meantime, to assist the operation, some...

https://safety4sea.com/cattle-rescue-continues-after-captains-alleged-suicide-that-caused-vessels-grounding/

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