Loss Prevention Advice
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In December 2021 a vessel was lost when it’s cargo of 9,300 tonnes of ball clay liquified while on passage.
The vessel, a twin holds general cargo vessel loaded the ball clay in Lumut, Malaysia over a three-day period sailing bound for Taipei. 5 days later while off the South-eastern Vietnamese coast. the vessel listed to port and while the crew were at first trying to counteract this by ballasting the vessel, she then listed heavily to starboard reaching an angle of 35 degrees.
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An engine room fire aboard a towing vessel was the result of spraying diesel fuel hitting an uninsulated section of the engine's exhaust system, the National Transportation Safety Board said in the Marine Investigation Report released.
On March 17, 2021, the towing vessel Miss Dorothy was pushing 14 barges upbound on the Lower Mississippi River, north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when a fire broke out in the engine room. The eight crewmembers aboard briefly attempted to fight the fire but were unsuccessful and evacuated to the barges. No pollution or injuries were reported. The vessel was declared a total loss at $2.4 million.
Shortly after midnight, fire alarms began to sound in the pilothouse and throughout the vessel. The pilot saw smoke that “grew in intensity very quickly" and flames coming from the starboard main engine in the engine room. The crew attempted to use fire hoses and handheld extinguishers to fight the fire. Shortly after, the chief engineer activated the ventilation shutdown and pulled the emergency fuel oil shutoff for the fuel tank that supplied the starboard main engine. However, air continued to be drawn in through open engine room doors and open or broken windows, and the shutoff valve remained open because the shutoff did not function as intended. The fire continued to grow despite the crew's efforts. The captain ordered the crew to abandon ship, and the crew was rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel, which then secured the tow against the bank. The fire was extinguished several hours later by first responders and crew aboard the Good Samaritan vessel.
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Stowaways have been an expected, though unwanted feature of the maritime environment including within the shipping and fisheries industries since ships have travelled between countries and regions. The presence of stowaways on board
commercial vessels, in particular, causes a plethora of legal, economic, and indeed political issues, the consequences of which come at cost in monetary and reputational terms to an array of interrelated industry stakeholders. These include owners, managers, insurers and the crew themselves. Yet, underlying these impacts lie human accounts behind the stowaways, each with its own set of unique human factors combining to impel the would-be stowaway to embark on such a perilous journey.
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Russia’s military troops seized the crew members of a Liberian-flagged vessel dubbed SMARTA on the territory of Mariupol Commercial Sea Port.
According to information, the Russian troops took the ship to an unknown destination, while the crew members had been taken toward Donetsk.
Before the ship was captured, Russia’s forces shelled the vessel. The vessel had reached the port of Mariupol on 21 February and was supposed return to Turkey; however, it was not granted permission and was moored at the Mariupol seaport.