Fuel spray fires involving fuel leakages contacting hot surfaces and igniting happen too frequently onboard vessels. Various marine safety organizations, such as the IMO have been focusing on this issue for many years.
Source of fuel leakThe source of such a fuel leak can be a rupture on a flexible fuel hose connected to
the fuel filter assembly. The fuel filter assembly and its components installed in relatively close proximity to the turbocharger on the inboard side of the engine can also...
According to a Daily Mail report, a sailor who spent hours fighting the ferocious waves of the Pacific Ocean after falling overboard survived by clinging to an abandoned fishing buoy.
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Italian bulk carrier was disabled after an engine room accident, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?Bulk carrier CHRISTIN suffered an accident in the engine room, in Mediterranean south of Crete, during Sep 11-12, while en route from Damietta Egypt to Barletta Italy. The bulk carrier was loaded with cargo of fertilizers.
One crew injuredOne crew, oiler, was injured and was in need of urgent medical assistance. The ship closed Crete on Sep 12 and the injured crew was airlifted to hospital...
https://mfame.guru/engine-room-accident-disables-bulk-carrier/
Container ships Maersk Vilnius and the Maersk Patras have been disabled by engine fires in the same week. The 1,810 teu, 2010-built Maersk Vilnius was adrift for three days in the Caribbean after suffering a […]
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A containership owned by Danish shipping giant Maersk suffered an engine room fire while sailing in the Caribbean on 26 April 2020. The post Maersk boxship catches fire in the Caribbean appeared…
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The IVR Association issued an informing paper explaining the hidden risks of biological corrosion and providing additional information on how to avoid bacteria that damage ship bilges; The technical leaflet “Biological Corrosion” is focusing on a number of cases where the issue of leaking engine rooms seems to be more and more common these days.
Accordingly, the phenomenon of leaking engine rooms is mostly caused the water ingress is by very local corrosion perforations. Investigations that...
https://safety4sea.com/the-hidden-risks-of-biological-corrosion/
According to a case study published by The Shipowner’s Club, a potential fire hazard discovered onboard a vessel was found to be caused by a failed fuel pipe connection on the supply line to the main engines.
Summary of the incidentThe chief engineer was called to the engine room after receiving a report of a leak on a low-pressure fuel supply line. Upon inspection, the engineer was able to perform a temporary repair using self-amalgamating tape to reduce the leak to a weep followed by...
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an investigation report on the engine room fire onboard the towing vessel ‘Leland Speakes’ on the Lower Mississippi River, in February 2018. A catastrophic failure and crankcase breach of the port main engine caused the fire.
The incident
On 21 February 2018, at 0740, the towing vessel ‘Leland Speakes’ was pushing 21 barges upbound on the Lower Mississippi River when a fire broke out in the engine room at mile 520.6, south of Greenville,...
https://safety4sea.com/crankcase-breach-of-port-main-engine-leads-to-fire/
29 April 2019, an engine room fire occurred while PONT-AVEN was sailing from Plymouth to Santander. It took place approximately 100 nautical miles south of Brest. The well-trained crew immediately brought the fire under control. There were no injuries as a consequence of the incident. The ferry...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/engine-room-fire-incident-involving-brittany-ferries-pont-aven/
The Incident
As the master of an offshore support vessel noticed...
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