Indian Coast Guard rescues 624 passengers and 85 crew as ship catches fire
A major fire in the engine room of the "M/V Kavaratti" was reported to Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai on 1st December.
Read moreA major fire in the engine room of the "M/V Kavaratti" was reported to Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai on 1st December.
Read moreMarine Safety Forum released an alert focusing on a case where a vessel experienced crankcase failure.
Read moreThe American Club provides lessons learned from an incident where a general cargo vessel’s generator experienced a catastrophic failure while underway resulting in a fire that spread immediately to the bilges under the generator.
Read moreIn 2020, there was an approximate average of one fire every two weeks onboard ships, while fire/explosion remained the third most common cause of ship total losses (11%) over the past decade.
Read moreAfte the cargo and fire loss from Zim Kingston, Canada will usie a barge crane to get rid of debris from impaired container cells.
Read moreOn November 7, the containership MSC Shannon sustained an engine room fire in the Gulf of Finland, disabling the shipping, causing a large-scale emergency response.
Read moreFollowing the fire onboard ZIM Kingston, Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying a team to investigate the situation.
Read moreStandard Club and David Townsend, Principle fire investigator at Andrew Moore & Associates Ltd released a loss prevention alert focusing on container fires, while making some suggestions for improvement.
Read moreLatest information reports that more than a hundred containers fell off MV Zim Kingston. The earlier number reported was 40.
Read moreFollowing the recent fire incident onboard Zim Kingston containership, Canadian Coast Guard informed that firefighting tugboats continue to operate to prevent renewed flareups.
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