Safety Alert: Lithium-ion Battery Explosion Leads to Fire on Oil Tanker
The National Transportation Safety Board report into a fire on board a docked oil tanker which caused $3 million [...]
Safety Alert: Familiarising Fire Emergency Responders with Vessels, Ports and Terminals
The investigation has started into the fire on board the Grande Costa D'Avorio - in which two firefighters tragically [...]
Safety Alert: HSE safety notice – LPG forklift truck fire risk
The UK Health & Safety Executive has issued a safety notice after becoming aware of a number of fires [...]
Two catastrophic engine failures, one resulting in a fire, on board a ro-ro passenger ferry
On 26 August 2018, a ro-ro passenger ferry suffered a catastrophic main engine failure as it prepared to enter a [...]
Lithium Battery Fire – container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port
On August 19, 2021, a container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port. The [...]
Fire Started from Cutting Torch Work
Crew members on a general cargo vessel in port were using an oxy-acetylene torch to remove various sea fasteners, brackets, [...]
ICHCA Safety Alert: Flash Fire Inside Diesel Tank
Workers were assigned to remove and replace a 16’ x 9” section of deck plate adjacent to the bulkhead inside [...]