A member has reported a near miss incident in which it was discovered that an emergency fire pump could not be started from the bridge. The discovery was made during […]
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IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
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Near miss: Fire hazard from engine room equipment failure
A member has reported a near miss incident relating to a fire hazard in a separator room. During routine planned maintenance and testing of a main engine lube oil purifier […]
Near miss: Fire hazard arising from failed fuel pipe connection
A member has reported a near miss incident involving a failed fuel pipe connection. The incident occurred while the vessel was full ahead in transit. Smoke was observed near the […]
Safety flashes: Summary of 2016
This is a brief summary of the incidents reported during 2016, highlighting some of the trends and points worthy of note. During 2016, IMCA published 148 incidents in 35 safety […]
Fire in engine room
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the following safety alert regarding an incident in which there was a fire in an engine room. The incident occurred whilst returning to […]
Fatal engine room fire on suction dredger Arco Avon
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into a fatal fire in the engine room of the suction dredger, Arco Avon, in August 2015. A fire […]
Confined space entry incidents – a reminder
A member has reported a number of confined space incidents during a class renewal docking of a vessel, and has brought these to IMCA’s attention as a reminder to raise […]
An error with fire flaps led to engine space flooding, causing costly damage
A member has reported an incident in which there was sea-water flooding of one of the engine spaces on a crew transfer vessel, leading to significant and expensive equipment damage. […]
DMAIB: Fire on offshore renewables industry crew transfer vehicle (CTV)
The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has published a report on an incident involving a fire on an offshore renewables industry crew transfer vehicle (CTV). The vessel suffered an […]
USCG: fatalities in engine room fire caused by fuel spray ignition
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 4-15 entitled ‘Engine Room Operations: Maintaining Machinery, Knowing Escape Routes, & Conducting Thorough Engineering Watches’. The safety alert deals with […]
Near-miss: Unexpected water ingress during fault finding of a cracked water pipe
A member has reported a near miss incident in which large volumes of sea water were found in the bilges of a small boat (offshore wind turbine CTV). The water […]
MSF: Fire in engine room on platform supply vessel
The Marine Safety Forum has published a safety flash regarding a fire in the engine room of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The fire broke out in the engine room […]
Alternator bearing collapse caused small fire
A member has reported an incident on a workboat used in the offshore wind farm industry, in which there was a serious failure of an alternator bearing, leading to a […]
Engine room fire
A member has reported an incident in which an engine room fire occurred onboard a tug. The incident occurred after an un-berthing operation of another vessel which had been alongside […]
Engine room fire
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 14-28 regarding an incident in which a fire occurred in an engine room space. The result was a blackout situation, a temporary […]
Fire in engine space on crew transfer vessel (CTV)
An incident has been bought to IMCA’s attention in which there was a small fire in the starboard engine space on a crew transfer vessel used in the offshore wind […]
Fire in engine room on platform supply vessel
A member has reported an incident in which there was a fire in the engine room on a platform supply vessel. The vessel was on its way to port from […]
Serious engine room fire whilst divers in saturation
A member has reported a very serious incident in which there was a fire in the engine room of an offshore vessel. The incident occurred whilst the vessel was alongside, […]
Pressure switch location for fixed fire suppression systems
The United States Coast Guard has published a report regarding an engine room fire in a vessel. The safety alert addresses the location of fire suppression system pressure switches aboard […]
Fire in engine room workshop
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 12-42 regarding an incident in which there was a small fire onboard within the engine room workshop. The fire occurred when […]
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