Fishing Vessel

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/

Multiple people missing in Alaska fishing vessel capsize

The Coast Guard and Good Samaritans have been searching since Sunday for a number of people from a fishing vessel that reportedly capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska.

Coast Guard watchstanders have received reports from individuals familiar with those aboard the vessel that indicate there were five people aboard. This number has not been confirmed and is subject to change pending new information.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska watchstanders received a mayday call at 12:10 a.m. on VHF...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/multiple-people-missing-in-alaska-fishing-vessel-capsize/

Kodiak Enterprise fire report faults fire detection and notification system

A fire detection and notification system that didn’t notify is a key focus of the National Transportation Safety Board report on the fire that broke out on the 1977-built, 276 foot long Trident Seafoods catcher processor Kodiak Enterprise at around 3.20 a.m., April 8, 2023, while moored for a scheduled overhaul at the seafood company’s facility on the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Wash.. The so intense that initially some Tacoma residents were under a shelter in place order.

VIDEO: Tacoma fishing...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/kodiak-enterprise-fire-report-faults-fire-detection-and-notification-system/

Bilge alarms did not sound, fishing vessel Hotspur capsized and sank

In its latest report on a fishing vessel accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space likely caused the 1998-built, 53-feet long fishing vessel Hotspur to lose stability, capsize and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska.

Hotspur began listing to port when it was transiting through Dixon Entrance near Nunez Rocks, off the southern tip of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska on August 2,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/bilge-alarms-did-not-sound-fishing-vessel-hotspur-capsized-and-sank/

Did hull plating deterioration lead to Captain Alex flooding and sinking?

Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of the 1996-built fishing vessel Captain Alex led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Thursday, which says the hole was possibly caused by steel hull plating deterioration—beneath the engine room.

The 86.7-foot-long, 165-gross-ton, steel-hulled freezer trawler Captain Alex was fishing offshore of Galveston, Texas on Nov. 25, 2022, when it began...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/did-hull-plating-deterioration-lead-to-captain-alex-flooding-and-sinking/

NTSB reports on costly fishing vessel collision with containership

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that failure by its mate to maintain a proper lookout and conducting maintenance on critical equipment while underway led to an October 28, 2022 fishing vessel collision with an MSC containership.

No injuries were reported. Damage to the vessels was estimated at $6.25 million and the fishing vessel eventually sank..

On Oct. 28, 2022​, while the 1,066-foot containership MSC Rita was transiting southbound in the Atlantic Ocean, 55 miles southeast...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ntsb-reports-on-costly-fishing-vessel-collision-with-containership/

Inadequate tow planning seen as leading to sinking of fishing vessel Carol Jean

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued the report of its investigation of the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Carol Jean.

On March 21, this year, while anchored with no one on board, the Carol Jean flooded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean near Tybee Island, Georgia. After the vessel’s emergency position indicating radio beacon, or EPIRB, activated, the U.S. Coast Guard responded and found a debris field where the beacon’s signal originated. There was no pollution reported....

https://www.marinelog.com/news/inadequate-tow-planning-seen-as-leading-to-sinking-of-fishing-vessel-carol-jean/

Case Study: Hydraulic Hose Failure Led To An Engine Room Fire

engine room fire aboard the fishing vessel Nobska off the coast of Cape Cod,

A hydraulic hose failure led to an engine room fire aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Massachusetts, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

Marine Investigation Report 22/13 details the NTSB’s investigation into the April 30, 2021, fire board the fishing vessel Nobska. The five-member crew was ground fishing in Georges Banks, about 80 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, when a fire started in the engine room and quickly engulfed the vessel.

After unsuccessful attempts...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/case-study-hydraulic-hose-failure-led-to-an-engine-room-fire/

African Flag Registries Exploited By High-Risk Fishing Operators: Report

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A report published today by international maritime intelligence organisations TMT and I.R. Consilium, examines both how foreign fishing operators are accessing and exploiting African flag registries for their fishing vessels in pursuit of legal impunity, and how weaknesses in African flagging regimes attract this exploitation.

Image Credits: TM-Tracking

The global fishing market is projected to be worth $194 billion by 2027, so there is ample financial reward to be gained by fishing illegally....

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/african-flag-registries-exploited-by-high-risk-fishing-operators-report/

IMO: Kenya Ratifies Fishing Vessel Safety Treaties

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Kenya has shown its support for the safety of fishing vessels and their crews by depositing its instrument of ratification to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F) on 17 March, 2022.

The 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA) will bring in mandatory safety requirements for fishing vessels when it enters into force. The STCW-F, which is already in force, sets out mandatory standards...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-kenya-ratifies-fishing-vessel-safety-treaties/

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