A passenger/RoRo ferry was underway in a restricted waterway when the fire detection system alarm sounded.
The incident
The bridge fire panel indicated a fire on deck 1, zone 4. Less than 30 seconds later, the fire detection system began to identify further alarms in multiple locations in the engine rooms.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined an improperly sized bearing resulting in an engine failure and subsequent fire on board an offshore supply vessel near Seattle last year.
The Cargo Fire & Loss Innovation Initiative is calling for innovators to come forward with solutions for early-stage fire detection, one of the most important issues in the drive to mitigate container loss.
An approximately 150-mile-long oil slick that has been spotted in the Red Sea is believed to have been released by a merchant ship, according to satellite-monitoring environmental group.