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Engine room flooding leads to sinking of fishing vessel
An electric arc from a severed extension cable was the probable cause of a fire on bulk carrier Almirante Storni (IMO 9497452) on December 4th 2021, a Swedish State Accident Commission has concluded. The fire started in the timber cargo when the vessel was off Gothenburg. Only after the arrival in the Port of Gothenburg on December 11th 2021 could the fire finally be extinguished.
The National Accident Commission (SHK) has released its report on the fire. The conclusions were based on a fire scene investigation carried out during the unloading in Skandiahamnen. During the investigation a severed extension cable was found which was likely the remains of a cable that was used for lighting when the ship loaded in Orrskär. When the ship departed, the extension cable was cut off and left.
The SHK assessed that the probable cause of the fire was that an arc in the extension cable ignited the timber load. The way in which the timber packages were loaded also meant that the fire could quickly increase in intensity and spread. The report found that the handling of the ship fire was carried out largely in an efficient way, given the prevailing conditions. No people were injured and no hazardous substances were released. However, there was damage to the ship as a result of the extinguishing.
2012-built, Liberia-flagged, 19,994 gt Almirante Storni is owned by Pucon Schifffahrtsgesellschaft care of manager NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft of Hamburg, Germany. ISM manager is NSC Shipping GmbH of Hamburg, Germany. It is entered with North of England Club on behalf of MS “PUCON” Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG.
Saudi mega-development Neom has revealed details the Norlana town which will be wrapped around a marina on the Gulf of Aqaba report Dezeen.
MV Mona fire: Transport Malta issues the report
Transport Malta has published an investigation report about an incident that took place on 14 September 2022. The vessel MV Mona was transiting the Aegean Sea, en route to a dry dock in Tuzla, Türkiye, when a fire broke out in the engine-room. Flames were observed rising above the main engine’s cylinder unit no. 2.
The voyage had been uneventful until around 1715 when, during routine rounds in the engine-room, the second engineer noticed a fuel oil leak from a slot in the fuel distributor housing of the main engine’s cylinder no. 2.
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The production of the third Icon-class ship for Royal Caribbean Group has started at Finnish Meyer Turku Shipyard.
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Lerwick Harbour, situated at the crossroads of the North Sea and North-east Atlantic, has been tasked with servicing Equinor’s first development phase of a controversial oil and gas field located on the UK Continental Shelf.
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