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NTSB reports on $3M Johnny M towboat fire

A catastrophic engine failure led to a fire aboard the towboat Johnny M last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

The fire broke out on Jan. 30, 2024, when the 2019-built, 88-foot Johnny M, owned and operated by Terral River Service, was pushing four barges on the Tennessee River near Grand Rivers, Ky.

The six crewmembers aboard were unable to extinguish the fire using the CO2 fixed-fire-extinguishing system and abandoned ship to a Good Samaritan vessel.

Local fire...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ntsb-reports-on-3m-johnny-m-towboat-fire/

What caused $1.3M Three Girls fishing vessel fire?

Three Girls fire damage

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on an August 11, 2024, engine room fire aboard the fishing vessel Three Girls that led to an estimated $1.3 million in damage to the vessel. The failure of a component on the hydraulic system for on-deck fishing equipment is seen as the probable cause of the fire.

On the day of the fire, the 1979-built, 81.6 foot long Three Girls was fishing in the Gulf of Maine when the engine room fire broke out, The five crewmembers and a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/what-caused-1-3m-three-girls-fishing-vessel-fire/

Maintenance error caused $1.2 million Endo Breeze engine room fire

An engine room fire aboard the 600-foot long tanker Endo Breeze that resulted in $1.2 million damages was the result of a maintenance error, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

The incident occurred on April 29, 2022, when the 2003-built, Maltese-flagged, Endo Breeze, was transiting outbound through the Raritan Bay West Reach channel near Staten Island, New York, when oil spray from a fuel injector pump on the starboard main engine ignited off nearby hot surfaces, causing a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/maintenance-error-caused-1-2-million-endo-breeze-engine-room-fire/

NTSB: Time for action on passenger boat fire detection and extinguishing systems

The National Transportation Safety Board has now released its report on the engine room fire that broke out on the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk on June 7, 2022. It is again recommending that engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels currently grandfathered out under USCG Subchapter K regulations.

The 1992-built Spirit of Norfolk had 108 people on board when the fire broke out. The fire was too large for the crew to fight, and...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ntsb-time-for-action-on-passenger-boat-fire-detection-and-extinguishing-systems/

High Pressure Oil Leak Causes Engine Room Fire

Credits: Arny Mogensen/Unsplash

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Safety Digest 1/2023, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports. IMCA has reviewed the digest and here passes on for members interest, some but not all of the incidents in it.

What happened

A recently built vessel was on passage when a gearbox temperature probe was ejected from its fitting by oil at 25 bar. A jet of gearbox oil sprayed a major part of the engine room including one of the...

https://mfame.guru/high-pressure-oil-leak-causes-engine-room-fire/

NTSB reports on $700,000 fire on 64-year old tow boat

An engine room fire aboard a towing vessel was caused by overpressurization of the fuel day tank and a main engine fuel return system when a fatigued chief engineer inadvertently left the day tank overflow valves to the storage tanks closed, the National Transportation Safety Board says in a report released Wednesday.

On May 18, 2021​, at about 6.53 p.m. local time, the 1957-built towing vessel Mary Lynn, operated by Hermann Sand and Gravel on lease from Missouri River Towing, was pushing two...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-reports-on-700000-fire-on-64-year-old-tow-boat/

NTSB determines cause of $8.22 million containership fire

An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the National Transportation Safety Board says,

The ship involved was the 984-foot long, 7,471 TEU, U.S.-flagged President Eisenhower, managed by APL Maritime. On April 28, 2021, it was transiting through the Santa Barbara Channel with a crew of 22, when at about 1.45 a.m. local time, a crewmember on watch noticed smoke coming from an...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/safety-and-security/ntsb-determines-cause-of-8-22-million-containership-fire/

Case Study: Incorrectly Installed Section Of Engine Causes Fire Aboard Containership

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An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

Marine Investigation Report 22/15 details the NTSB’s investigation of April 28, 2021, a fire aboard the containership President Eisenhower while transiting through the Santa Barbara Channel. The vessel was transiting to Oakland, California with a crew of 22. The crew extinguished...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/case-study-incorrectly-installed-section-of-engine-causes-fire-aboard-containership/

NTSB determines cause of towboat engine room fire

The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has issued its report on a March 2021 incident in which an engine room fire broke out aboard the 1956-built towboat, Miss Dorothy, owned and operated by Paducah, Ky, based Western Rivers Boat Management

On March 17, 2021, about 00.45 a.m. local time, the Miss Dorothy was pushing 14 barges upbound on the Lower Mississippi River, about 20 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, near mile 249, when a fire broke out in the engine room.

“Within two...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-determines-cause-of-towboat-engine-room-fire/

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