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Klaus Lysdal commenting on misdeclared cargo, said, “Some of the carriers’ initial steps to impose fines may help. But if this persists, it could result in mandatory manual inspections or similar moves to protect against these types of issues. But something has to happen as we cannot keep having fires happening onboard vessels.”
“Up to two thirds of recreational boating fatalities could have been prevented if lifejackets had been worn. Boaties should always follow the boating safety code - wear life jackets, carry at least two waterproof ways of calling for help, check the marine weather, avoid alcohol, and be a responsible skipper.” Baz Kirk, Maritime NZ
INTERCARGO is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2020. Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is set to join the elite club of megaship owners. HMM is scheduled to start taking delivery of its twelve 24,000 TEU boxship newbuilds, the largest containerships in the world, in April.
At the height of the recent bushfires, Svitzer Australia provided three vessels to assist in ongoing efforts to evacuate residents in Eden, New South Wales. The company said that the tugs Wistari, Cooma and the pilot boat Mersey had all been operating in support of evacuation efforts.
The world’s largest shipping association BIMCO has announced it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary-General & CEO with effect from June 2020.
Torqeedo and ZF have announced that the two companies will integrate ZF’s steerable saildrives into Torqeedo’s Deep Blue system.
A giant LNG bunker vessel, which will be operated by French energy giant Total and owned by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has completed sea trials in China. The 18,600 cbm newbuilding is described as the world’s largest vessel of this type.
CONTAINER SHIP WASHINGTON LOSS OF 137 CONTAINERS: MAIB INVESTIGATION REPORT PUBLISHED
At 0127 on 20 January 2018, the UK flagged container ship CMA CGM G. Washington unexpectedly rolled 20° to starboard, paused for several seconds then rolled 20° to port. The ship was experiencing heavy seas in the North Pacific Ocean while on passage from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles, USA. As the sun rose later that morning, it was discovered that container bays 18, 54 and 58 had collapsed; 137 containers were lost overboard and a further 85 were damaged.
The MAIB investigation concluded that the collapse of all three bays probably occurred during the 20° rolls. The amplitude of the rolls exceeded the container ship’s estimated roll limits and was almost certainly the consequence of parametric rolling, which had been recorded by the ship’s motion monitoring decision support tool. The risk of parametric rolling was not identified by the master or his bridge team because they were unaware of the full capabilities of the decision support tool, and therefore were unaware of its predictions.
The investigation identified several factors that would have adversely affected the safety of the container stows on deck. These included: reduced structural strength of non-standard 53ft containers, inaccurate container weight declarations, mis-stowed containers and loose lashings.
The report concluded that: - Bay 54 collapsed because the acceleration forces generated during the large rolls exceeded the structural strength of the non-standard 53ft containers stowed in the bay.
- Bay 58 collapsed because some of its containers were struck by the 53ft containers as they toppled overboard.
- Bay 18 collapsed as a result of a combination of factors and was probably initiated by the structural failure of one or more containers.
Recommendations have been made to: - CMA ships, to ensure that, where container terminals routinely weigh containers prior to loading, the cargo plan is updated to reflect these weights.
- The Maritime and Coastguard Agency, to promote UK container owners’ involvement in Bureau Internationale des Containers databases.
- Bureau Veritas, to amend its rules to require the approved lashing software installed on the onboard loading and lashing computer to calculate and display maximum roll and pitch angles associated with ship loading condition and intended passage; and, review its rules and approval procedure to ensure Container Safety Certification data is accurately reflected within the contaainer ship’s loading and lashing computer, whatever the type of container, compliant with ISO standard or not.
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14 | The Report • March 2020 • Issue 91
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