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Posted in Fire, fire safety on Oct 26th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! When the USNS Shuggart caught fire on 5 March, 2004, more than half of its fuel oil quick-closing valves, FOQCVs, failed to operate because they were poorly maintained and were not tested properly on board. An alert has been issued on FOQCVs [...]
Posted in Fire, MAIB, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, accident reporting, enclosed space, fatality, fire safety, maritime accidents on Aug 19th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MAIB’s report on the Figaro incident in December 2007 in which an accidental activation of the ship’s CO2 smothering system led to the vessel losing propulsion and electrical power in rough weather, sending it drifting toward Wolf Rock off the southern English [...]
Posted in Fire, accident reporting, fire safety, funny on Aug 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We don’t normally cover incidents on military vessels but a fire aboard a Finnish minelayer, Pohjanmaa may yet have lessons for civilian merchant vessels, mainly, watch where you dry your socks.
Pohjanmaa, the biggest ship in the Finnish navy, caught fire on [...]
Posted in Fire, Uncategorized, capsize, containership, ferry, fire safety, sinking on Jul 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 100 firefighters extinguish massive fire on cargo ship
Associated Press - July 6, 2008 11:44 AM ET MIAMI (AP) - More than 100 firefighters have extinguished a massive fire on a cargo ship on the Miami River.
Agency finds safety problems in [...]
Posted in Fire, fire safety, maritime accidents on Jun 5th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Denmark’s Maritime Authority has released its report on a fire aboard the AHTS Maersk Master.
During a tanker lifting operation on 4th February 2008 a fire broke out in the engine roomof the AHTS Maersk Master. The fire could not be extinguished by [...]
Posted in ATSB, Australia, Fire, fire safety on May 28th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Australia’s Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the fire aboard the BBC Islander last August. It isn’t a pretty sight. A fitter who couldn’t understand the ship’s SMS hot work requirements because it was in English, inadequate SMS procedures for [...]
Posted in Fire, fatality, fire safety, grounding, maritime accidents, maritime safety news, oil, oil spill, oil spill contingency plan, pollution on Dec 4th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Five Egyptians die in Nile river cruise ship fire
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
The accident occurred shortly after an Italian tourist was lightly injured when a charter plane bound for the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of SharmÂ
Bauxite carrier [...]
Posted in CBT, IDESS IT, fire safety, maritime safety software, personal sea survival, ship security on Aug 3rd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! I’ve been looking around for links o maritime safety and survival training software, so far, I’ve found these from IDESS IT covering fire safety, sea survival, first aid and ship security.
These are demos and registration is necessary but worth a look.
Any more [...]
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