Loss Prevention Advice
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A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which there was a fire in a 25bar high flow diesel driven screw compressor installed on the back deck, to provide lessons learned.
The incident occurred on a diving support vessel operating within the 500m zone of a platform. The compressor was a long-term rental unit being used to provide ancillary air for subsea operations. It had been running for 30 minutes at the time of the fire, and there were no indications of anomalies leading up to the incident. The fire was extinguished quickly and safely. There were no injuries.
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In February 2023, nine incidents of armed robbery against ships (occurred in internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial seas) were reported in Asia. No incident of piracy (occurred on high seas) was reported. Of the nine incidents, eight incidents were reported in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), which remains an area of concern. The number of incidents reported in SOMS accounts for 75% (12 of 16 incidents) of the total number of incidents in Asia reported during January-February 2023.
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According to Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), on Friday 10th March, a Philippine landing craft struck a tugboat in the port of Cebu, sinking the tug and claiming the life of one crewmember.
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Vietnamese authorities report two missing crew members from a cargo ship that sank in the South China Sea off Vietnam’s south-eastern coast on March 11th.
As local authorities report that the locally registered general cargo vessel, was sailing between Vung Tau and Phu Quy Island in Binh Thuan province when it encountered monsoon rains and wave heights of two to four metres. The ship, transporting approximately 800 tonnes of construction materials, went down about 28 nautical miles off the coast of Binh Thuan,