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BC Ferries has formally submitted its largest- ever capital investment proposal to the BC Ferries Commissioner, seeking approval to build five New Major Vessels.
Briefings
NTSB report on dinner cruise vessel Spirit of Boston fire
An improperly extinguished chafing fuel heating canister, canned heat used to keep food and beverages warm, led to a fire on the passenger vessel Spirit of Boston last year while moored at the Commonwealth Pier in Boston Harbor.
On March 24, 2023, a fire broke out on the Spirit of Boston’s first deck wait station after the scheduled cruise had ended, the vessel had docked and all passengers had departed. NTSB investigators determined the fire started under a plastic glassware rolling cart after an improperly extinguished chafing fuel heating canister was unintentionally dropped by hospitality staff in the area. None of the service workers who were onboard at the time of the fire were injured. The fire resulted in $3.1 million in damages to the vessel.
Heavy lift shipping specialist Boskalis has delivered the car carrier Fremantle Highway – renamed Floor – from the Netherlands to China using its semi- submersible vessel, Boka Vanguard.
It has been announced that Montenegro is reinstating duty-free fuel for foreign yachts and vessels starting in 2025.
At the end of 2024, the container ship order book was 8.3m TEU, a new record compared with the previous high of 7.8m TEU in early 2023, according to Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.
The Australian government has provided First Port of Entry status to three ports in Western Australia’s north: Wyndham, Ashburton and Dampier.
All of the marine crewmembers had departed the vessel before the fire began. Without a properly trained marine crewmember onboard with the remaining hospitality staff, the emergency response plan for a fire could not be executed as intended. The NTSB found that the fire could have likely been extinguished before it grew had a marine crewmember been on board at the time. The NTSB recommended City Cruises US, operator of the Spirit of Boston, require at least one marine crewmember to remain on board its vessels until all noncrew personnel depart the vessel.
Investigators also found City Cruises US lacked documented procedures on how to handle open-flame devices on its vessels. Hospitality staff were verbally instructed on how to handle the heating canisters. NTSB investigators found in some cases the hospitality staff did not consistently extinguish canisters in accordance with the verbal instructions or manufacturer’s guidance. The NTSB recommended City Cruises US develop procedures for crewmembers and hospitality staff on the proper handling of open-flame devices on board its vessels.
The NTSB also recommended City Cruises US implement a safety management system, or SMS, for its fleet. An SMS is a comprehensive, documented system to enhance safety for a company and its vessels and when implemented is an effective tool for safety oversight. Procedures for handling open-flame devices and requirements for crewmembers to be on board would typically be included in an SMS.
The NTSB also reiterated a safety recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard to require all operators of U.S.-flag passenger vessels to implement SMS. The NTSB has advocated for SMS for passenger vessels since 2005, and in 2010, Congress explicitly granted the Coast Guard the authority to require such systems. Progress has been stalled since January 2021 when the Coast Guard took initial steps to address the NTSB’s recommendation.
Read the report at
https://bit.ly/4a8JSoD.
Pleasure boats will not return to Bournemouth Pier in the UK this summer following the deaths of two children in 2023.
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Turkey’s newest marina, Gazipaşa Gold Marina, has officially started operations in Antalya – a premier tourist destination located on the Turkish Mediterranean coast that attracts nearly 16 million tourists per year.
A new report, ‘Economic Impact of International Yachting in Tonga,’ highlights the potential for yachting tourism to boost the country’s economy, reports
talanoaotonga.to.
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard announced it has joined the Nuclear Propulsion of Merchant Ships project, joining collaborators exploring the use of next generation nuclear reactors as a power source for ships.
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