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Four dead after tanker fire in Persian Gulf

After a fire broke out on the Zoya 1, off the Strait of Hormuz, four people were killed, in spite of initial information that claimed that the crew had been rescued. The fire occurred 34 kilometers (21 miles) off Sharjah.

According to officials in the UAE, Emirati authorities will carry out a DNA test to see if two of the dead were the two Indian sailors that were reported missing, while two others Indians were also killed.

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Coconut charcoal to have caused the fire on Yantian Express

The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) published an investigation report concerning the fire in the area of the deck cargo on board the container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS on the Atlantic Ocean, identifying Coconut charcoal as the likely cause of last year’s fire.

It was during the early morning hours of 3 January 2019, when a fire broke out in the deck cargo in the area of cargo hold 2 on board the German flagged container ship YANTIAN EXPRESS.

At that time, the ship was on the...

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Why P&I insurance is more vital today than ever before

Driven by global challenges, today, shipping industry often finds itself in a turbulent seascape and despite all best efforts, accidents do occur. P&I insurance is specifically designed to address the unique needs of the marine industry, covering practically all maritime liability risks. In this article, Mr. John Dolan confirms that P&I insurance is more relevant and necessary today than ever before.

“The storm raged outside. Restricted visibility, the Master stared anxiously into the darkness...

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Marina on fire engulfs 35 boats, 8 dead in Alabama

At least eight people were killed when a fire destroyed dozens of boats in a marine in the US of Alabama, on January 27, with authorities looking for additional victims on the water and the cause of the fire remaining unknown.

Specifically, BBC reports that the fire started around 00:40 local time and engulfed 35 vessels from house boats to pontoons docked on the Tennessee River. The fire rapidly spread while people were sleeping at Jackson County Park in Scottsboro.

The fire resulted to the...

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Declaration of General Average on containership after engine fire

General Average (“GA”) has been declared on the Northern Jupiter on January 17, 2020, after the German container-ship suffered a main engine fire whilst in the Malacca Straits, on Saturday, 4 January 2020.

‘General Average‘ is phrase is commonly used in the shipping sector covering marine energy policies including mobile offshore drilling fleets and offshore construction projects.

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Specifically, Average in a marine insurance policy is the term for a loss; this...

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Containership hit by fire off Mozambique

The container vessel “EM-Oinousses” experienced an engine room fire while it was sailing  from Maputo to Mombasa, which the crew was able to put out, but the vessel ended up sailing uncontrollable.

Specifically, KOTUG International received a mayday call on January 20 by EM-Oinousses that the vessel had a devastating fire in the engine room.

The crew onboard the vessel was able to extinguish the fire at about 50 miles off the coast of Nacala, Mozambique, the ship appeared to be uncontrollable. At...

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iContainers urges on misdeclared cargoes issue

As misdeclared cargo continues causing fires onboard, the digital freight forwarder iContainers, highlighted that the shipping industry needs to pay attention to this increased issue. Namely during the last two years, has been noticed a growing number of container fires coming from shipper’s misdeclared dangerous cargoes.

The vice president of operations at iContainers, Klaus Lysdal marked that this is an imperative issue which needs to be tackled immediately, as growing vessels with larger...

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Lithium batteries caused the fire onboard Cosco Pacific

In light of the unexpectedly fire in Cosco Pacific’s cargo hold containers, authorities came in a conclusion of the causes that started the fire. Specifically, China Cosco Shipping has identified that the the main reason was a spontaneous combustion of misreported lithium batteries cargo.

According to the company, the fire begun from a container operated by Wan Hai Lines. The cargo of the lithium batteries inside the container which was loaded from Nansha and destined for Nhava Shevaby, had been...

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Containership experiences fire in its cargo hold containers

On 4 January 2020, the containership knows as “Cosco Pacific” reported unexpectedly fire in its cargo hold containers. Specifically, the vessel was en route from Port Klang Malaysia to Ngava Sheva western India when the fire started and had to reroute.

Following recent alerts by IUMI concerning the frequency of fires onboard containerships and their impact on the shipping industry, the “Cosco Pacific” interrupted its scheduled voyage and turn its destination to Colombo in order to be inspected.

Wi...

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Container fires onboard: Time to take action

Cargo fires are not only an environmental concern but also cause large losses leading to severe business disruption and operator’s reputational damage. No matter how we have progressed on tackling with firefighting onboard, it can only take one container to start a fire onboard a large vessel. Unluckily, SOLAS amendments for fire-fighting arrangements have not kept pace with increases in ship size while better prevention measures must also address the concerning rise in cargo misdeclaration.

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