Day/date 2025, London: Today – the Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum (VCSF) publishes its second industry good practice guidelines entitled ‘Fire Response – High Level Guidelines’. The VCSF recognises that responding to vehicle fires onboard PCCs, PCTCs, RoRo and Ro-Pax vessels is both dangerous and challenging. These guidelines have been designed to reduce the risk to the safety of crews, passengers, the environment, the vessel and the cargo. The guideline’s sole aim is to assist vessel operators...
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U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate on fire off U.K.
All crew aboard the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate are safe, the BBC quotes Stena Bulk president and CEO Erik Hånell, as saying. According to multiple reports citing on-line tracking data, the ship was at anchor off the port of Hull, U.K., when it was struck by the Portuguese-flag containership Solong at approx 9.48 a.m. GMT this morning.
HM Coast Guard, Humber, reports that the Stena Immaculate, which is enrolled in the Tanker Security program, was carrying a cargo of jet fuel.
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https://www.marinelog.com/news/u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k/
IMO Sub-Committee on ship systems and equipment (SSE 11)
The 11th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE 11) took place from 24 to 28 February 2025. SSE 11 agreed on draft amendments to the design and prototype test requirements for the arrangements used in simulated the launching of free-fall lifeboats.
Measures for the detection and control of fires in the cargo areas of container ships were progressed, and an action plan for the consideration of fire risks for ships carrying electrical vehicles and other new-energy...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/28/imo-sub-committee-on-ship-systems-and-equipment-sse-11/
U.S. Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to tug fire
The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies were responding to a tug fire near Pea Patch Island on the Delaware River, Tuesday.
All four crewmembers were safely evacuated from the vessel. The tug fire has since been extinguished, and the vessel is now under tow.
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay launched crews from Station Philadelphia and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City to assist.
At 9:26 a.m., watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a distress call...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/u-s-coast-guard-partner-agencies-respond-to-tug-fire/
Shipping Industry Adopts Tougher Safety Standards to Snuff Out Charcoal Fires on Ships
The shipping industry is implementing enhanced safety protocols for charcoal transportation ahead of mandatory International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations set for 2026. The initiative comes in response to a series…
US Fighter Shot Down In ‘Apparent Case Of Friendly Fire’ Over Red Sea
WASHINGTON Dec 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea early on Sunday, forcing both pilots to eject. Both…
https://gcaptain.com/us-fighter-shot-down-in-apparent-case-of-friendly-fire-over-red-sea/
HMNZS Manawanui Sinking: Hard Grounding, Fire, and a Broken Royal New Zealand Navy
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In a dramatic turn of events, HMNZS Manawanui, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly upgraded hydrographic salvage and support ship, sank off the coast of…
Los Angeles Yacht Explodes With Thousands of Pounds of Ammo, Fireworks, and Fuel
Marina del Rey, California (gCaptain) In the early evening Wednesday a yacht explosion in Los Angeles County, transformed from a tranquil harbor to a chaotic disaster zone. The Admiral, a…
https://gcaptain.com/los-angeles-yacht-explodes-with-thousands-of-pounds-of-ammo-fireworks-and-fuel/
NTSB: Design flaw caused Sandy Ground ferry fire
The design of a new passenger ferry’s fuel oil return system and inadequate follow-on training for engineering crewmembers led to the 2022 fire aboard the Staten Island Ferry Sandy Ground, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
The fire broke out in the engine room of the Sandy Ground in New York Harbor with 884 persons aboard on Dec. 22, 2022. The crew’s actions to contain and extinguish the fire, combined with a quick response from good samaritan vessels, resulted in the safe...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/ntsb-design-flaw-caused-sandy-ground-ferry-fire/
NTSB: Crew’s quick action limited fire damage to towing vessel Desperado
The crew’s swift action limited damage to the towing vessel Desperado when a ruptured hydraulic hose spraying fuel on a hot engine led to a fire aboard 1982-built vessel when transiting Louisiana’s Lake Salvador, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The fire broke out in the engine room as the Desperado was transiting near Bayou Perot, Louisiana, on Feb. 17, 2023.
“The three crewmembers aboard could not extinguish the fire with portable extinguishers. So they secured...