Casualties

Poor pre-bunker checklist contributes to HSFO overflow

In its latest Safety Digest, the UK MAIB described an incident of a Heavy Sulphur Fuel Oil overflow during bunkering operation. MAIB highlighted that at least one of the two isolating valves that caused the incident could have been closed fully if it had been checked as per the checklist.

The incident

An LPG carrier was at anchor awaiting a berth when instructions to take bunkers were received. A bunkering plan was completed by the ship’s crew prior to the bunker barge arriving alongside.

A...

https://safety4sea.com/poor-pre-bunker-checklist-contributes-to-hsfo-overflow/

Asphalt tanker suffers engine room fire off Nantucket

The Hong Kong-flagged tanker ‘Feng Huang AO’, with 21 crew aboard, suffered a fire ignite in its engine room while transiting 57 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, in the Atlantic Ocean, on 5 October early morning, the US Coast Guard informed.

The US Coast Guard and Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Special Operations Command firefighters and Rescue Paramedics conducted a joint safety examination of the disabled 479-foot asphalt tanker on Monday afternoon.

The ship is loaded with...

https://safety4sea.com/asphalt-tanker-suffers-engine-room-fire-off-nantucket/

Passenger vessel catches fire off Louisiana

The passenger vessel ‘Grand Sun’ caught fire in Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, on Monday October 8. The vessel had four people on board at the time of the incident, who were transported to emergency medical services.

Watchstanders at the Eighth US Coast Guard District in New Orleans received a report that the passenger vessel ‘Grand Sun’ was on fire near the Chandeleur Islands.

USCG launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from US Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans to assist the people. The...

https://safety4sea.com/passenger-vessel-catches-fire-off-louisiana/

IMO Sec-Gen commemorates Sanchi victims in Iran

​IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim visited the Islamic Republic of Iran to participate in the country’s national celebration of World Maritime Day, on 8 September. The Secretary-General met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, and participated in a ceremony to commemorate seafarers who lost their lives aboard the Iranian-owned oil tanker Sanchi earlier this year.

The ‘Sanchi’, operated by National Iranian Tanker Co, was sailing from Iran to South Korea, carrying 136,000...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-sec-gen-commemorates-sanchi-victims-in-iran/

Container ship, ferry collide near Corsica

The container ship ‘CSL Virginia’ collided with the ferry ‘Ulysse’ near Corsica on Sunday, October 7. Both ships sustained damages, while no injuries have been reported.

At the time of the accident, ‘CSL Virginia’ was anchored north of Cap Corse, northern Corsica peninsula, when it was struck by ‘Ulysse’, which was heading from Genoa Italy to Tunis Tunisia.

The container ship sustained a several meters hull breach, with the ferry having damages to its bow.

After the collision responders from...

https://safety4sea.com/container-ship-ferry-collide-near-corsica/

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