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Case Study: Heated Cargo Tanks Lead To Explosion On Tanker ‘Stolt Groenland’

Ignition of the released styrene monomer vapour

On 28 September 2019, a cargo tank containing styrene monomer on board the Cayman Islands-registered chemical tanker Stolt Groenland ruptured due to runaway polymerisation. The catastrophic rupture released a large quantity of vapour into the atmosphere, and it subsequently ignited. Fire-fighting efforts by the emergency services took over six hours and involved more than 700 personnel and 117 units of fire trucks, pumps and fire tugs.

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Safety Issues

  • the styrene monomer was...

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Dubai extingue el incendio tras la explosión de un gran contenedor

Una declaración del Ministro de Energía e Infraestructura de los EAU, Suhail Al Mazrouei, ha confirmado que el buque afectado es el Ocean Trader. El incendio se controló en sólo 44 minutos.

Esta entrada Dubai extingue el incendio tras la explosión de un gran contenedor Aparece primero en FullAvanteNe...

https://fullavantenews.com/dubai-extingue-el-incendio-tras-la-explosion-de-un-gran-contenedor/?lang=es

Watch: Explosions Rock The Caspian Sea, Shooting Fireball Into The Sky

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A massive explosion has shaken the Caspian Sea, sending a fireball shooting into the sky. The incident occurred near an oil and gas field off the Azerbaijan coast in the Caspian Sea. The state oil company has said that none of its platforms had been damaged.

The cause of the unforeseen blast was not determined immediately, but Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has said that information indicated that the cause was a mud volcano.

The Caspian Sea is known for having several such volcanoes, which...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-explosions-rock-the-caspian-sea-shooting-fireball-into-the-sky/

The World’s Deadliest Offshore Oil Disaster

Over 30 years after the oil production platform in North sea suffered multiple explosions off Scotland taking lives of 167 people. This disaster made the oil and gas industry to look safety in new terms.

Incident

The normal day for 226 crew members onboard, an oil production platform in the North Sea, located 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. At night, an explosion was heard on the deck of the platform, immediately followed by a fire which spread quickly in Module B and C. 

Dense black...

https://mfame.guru/the-worlds-deadliest-offshore-oil-disaster/

Failure Of Fixed Fire Fighting Systems Leads To Massive Destruction

An ultra large container ship was on a voyage when at 2154 hrs the low fuel pressure warning alarm sounded and eighteen seconds later the fire alarm for the engine room activated, reports Gard.

The incident 

The Chief Engineer entered the engine room to investigate and noticed flames coming from Auxiliary Engine #1 (A/E1). The quick closing valves were immediately activated. The engine room water mist system had failed to operate. Members of the crew tried to investigate the failure of the water...

https://mfame.guru/failure-of-fixed-fire-fighting-systems-led-to-massive-destruction/

Oil Tanker Mysteriously Explodes

An explosion rocked an oil tanker on Sunday, causing a small fire in one of its engines, state media said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The incident 

The fire on the ship was extinguished by the crew quickly with no casualties, it said.

“The technical fault took place in one of the engines of the oil tanker near the coast… it caused a small fire and a plume of smoke,” state media said.

Local radio station said earlier that an explosion had hit a tanker during maintenance work after it had caught...

https://mfame.guru/oil-tanker-mysteriously-explodes/

Tanker Explosion During Welding Works

Product tanker anchored off Baniyas, Syria, suffered an explosion followed by fire in one of the cargo tanks on Apr 24, reports Maritime Bulletin. 

What happened?

Product tanker anchored off Baniyas suffered an explosion followed by fire in one of the cargo tanks during wielding works on Apr 24. 

Reports now coming in of the tanker explosion being due to fire during welding works. @fleetmon
https://t.co/rc2L5LdNX6

— Maritime Security News (@marsec_osn) April 25, 2021

According to Syrian...

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French PM addresses nation, says nothing new; Double explosion at Larvotto… plus more

Good Morning Monaco – Friday, April 23, 2021

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French PM addresses nation, says nothing new; Double explosion at Larvotto… plus more

French PM addresses nation, says nothing new
 Prime Minister Jean Castex gave a press conference on Thursday, April 22, during which he confirmed what the government’s spokesman has been saying all week…

Double explosion at Larvotto Beach A double explosion thought to have been caused by exploding fuel tanks in two vehicles hit the Larvotto Beach construction...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/23/french-pm-addresses-nation-says-nothing-new-double-explosion-at-larvotto-plus-more/

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