Loss Prevention Advice
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A heavy machinery vehicle fell onto cargo deck of a bulker, on June 26, at Terminal Two, Valparaiso, Chile.
As information suggests, the bulk carrier HG Perth was at Terminal Two, Valparaiso, Chile, when a mobile crane or an excavatorfell onto its cargo deck.
At the time, the vehicle was probably not secured by leading lashes and because of that, lost balance, flipped over and fell.
Nobody was injured, but the ship’s cargo deck and vehicle sustained damages.
HG Perth had arrived on June 25 from China, via Salvador.
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Thirteen people have died and 251 were injured during a toxic gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, on June 27.
The leak came after a cable lifting a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine snapped, sending the container crashing down. As a result, city health authorities advised residents to close their windows and stay in their homes.
According to a former head of the company that operates the port, a vessel had been waiting to load almost 20 containers of liquified gas “containing a very high percentage of chlorine”.
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BSEE informs that there have been several recent offshore incidences where fluids used in well control equipment systems have been improperly maintained.
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A notice published on 2 June 2022 by the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) emphasises that shipowners, managers and operators are responsible for ensuring the sea worthiness of their ships.
Operators must implement ship safety management systems and test a ship’s main and auxiliary machinery before calling at Shanghai Port. These new rules come into effect on 1 July 2022 and are applicable for two years.
Machinery failure actions
In case of machinery failure, the ship’s master should take emergency measures to ensure safety and avoid accidents, report to vessel traffic services (VTS) and follow instructions. When the vessel is stable, a written report should be submitted to the local MSA with details of the incident, emergency measures and corrective and correct actions, as well as ship information on the owner, management, agent and classification.