IUMI

Containership fires highlighted during IMO Sub-committee

During the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) Gard discussed about containership fires from the insurer’s perspective and the challenge they appear to be for the maritime industry, recommending solutions and technologies that can improve the existent situation.

Containership fires have long been an issue of concern for marine insurers, while IUMI comments that the current SOLAS regulations don’t keep up with the development of the...

https://safety4sea.com/containership-fires-highlighted-during-imo-sub-committee/

SOLAS Containership Fire Regulations ‘Inadequate’! IUMI Calls for Amendments

  • IUMI calls for amendments to SOLAS Chapter 11-2 regulations. 
  • Enhanced provisions for early fire detection and effective control of fires in containerised cargo stowed under and on deck are the amendments called for.
  • The size of the modern ultra-large ships and the complexities of fighting a fire aboard these vessels, the current SOLAS regulations remain inadequate.
  • Between 2000 and 2015, there were 56 reported container fires in vessels, resulting in damage to over 8,000 teu and a total loss...

http://mfame.guru/solas-containership-fire-regulations-inadequate-iumi-calls-for-amendments/

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...

https://safety4sea.com/containership-hit-by-fire-off-mozambique/

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.

OECD...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-container-fires-onboard-time-to-take-action/

Marine Market Stays Chaotic With an Unpredictable Future

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has released its 2019 statistical report, presenting a variety of statistical data for the maritime sector and the insurance market, highlighting the global uncertainty in the shipping industry, reports safety4sea.

Salient features
  • A modest single percentage point increase in global marine premiums across all sectors.
  • Continuing uncertainty in national policies, geopolitical tensions, commodity prices affecting the future prospects of the marine...

http://mfame.guru/marine-market-stays-chaotic-with-an-unpredictable-future/

Prevention of Container Ship Fires, Insurers Call For Action!

According to an article published in Freight Waves, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) conveyed that firefighting capabilities onboard containerships are deficient.

Deficiency in firefighting capabilities

Moreover, IMUI said ships should be designed with “fire compartments“ to prevent the spread of blazes. IUMI represents 43 national and marine market insurance and reinsurance associations.

“This year has already seen an alarming number of containership fires,“ IUMI said in a news...

http://mfame.guru/prevention-of-container-ship-fires-insurers-call-for-action/

Containership fires: it is time to take action, says IUMI

Helle Hammer, IUMI Policy Forum Chair

Containership fires: it is time to take action, says IUMI

This year has already seen an alarming number of container ship fires including Yantian Express, APL Vancouver, Grande America, E.R. Kobe and KMTC Hong Kong. The escalation is of growing concern to IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance) who used a recent forum to call for an urgent improvement to onboard firefighting systems.

At a conference in Arendal, Norway, organised by marine insurer and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/18/containership-fires-it-is-time-to-take-action-says-iumi/

IUMI: Time to take action on container ship fires

The shipping industry has witnessed many fire incidents on container ships this year, some of which have resulted to fatalities and others to economic losses; Thus, IUMI, in a recent forum, took the chance to alert on the situation and call the shipping industry to improve its existent onboard firefighting systems and seafarers’ training, as both seem to lack of efficiency in these challenging times.

Gard organised a conference in Arendal, Norway, which gathered many shipping stakeholders, from...

https://safety4sea.com/iumi-time-to-take-action-on-container-ship-fires/

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