Officer of the Watch

Incident Information on Grooving Corrosion on Ship’s Side

November 29, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

During a loaded voyage of a bulk carrier it was discovered that water had entered into the double bottom tank No.4, amidships. After inspection it was found that the water was coming through the ship’s side via the access trunk from the top wing tank and then to the double bottom ballast tank. The ingress water was estimated to be approximately 300 cubic meters per hour. Fortunately, the leak was limited to the double bottom ballast tank and the ballast pumps were able to keep the tank empty until the crack could be dealt with.

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Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: bulk carrier, corrosion, cracks, DNV, Double bottom tank, Technical, water ingress

Monthly Piracy Report for October 2013

November 29, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly on vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the figures of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide, according to IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, are as follows:

Total Incidents Worldwide: 206
Total Hijackings Worldwide: 11
Somali related Incidents: 11
Nigeria related Incidents: 30

The above figures were last updated up until the last week of October 2013. A PDF version of this post is also available by clicking the following link in order to download OOW Piracy Monthly Report for September 2013. The PDF version of this report can be also found in the OOW profile in Scribd by clicking HERE.

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: armed robbery, gulf of aden, IMB, piracy, somalia, west africa

Paris MoU Detention Report for Bulk Carrier MV Ioanna G

November 27, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

The M/V IOANNA G was a 9640 GT bulk carrier built in 1978, adapted for carrying timber cargo on deck, flying the flag of Panama. The vessel called at Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain) port on April 3rd 2009 being eligible for an expanded inspection. The ship had no previous inspection records in the Paris MoU region. The first visit on board took place on April 6th 2009.

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Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: accommodation, corrosion, deficiencies, detention, HSSQE, means of access, Paris MoU, PSC, PSCO, stowage

P&I Market Share for 2011 and 2012

November 26, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

More than 90% of the world’s oceangoing tonnage is insured by the mutual P&I Clubs that are members of the International Group of P&I Clubs (IG P&I Clubs). The results this year reveal that The Japan Ship Owners’ Mutual and the UK P&I Club continue to dominate the market with 12.09%, and 12.03% of the global fleet respectively. In addition, The North of England and Gard P&I Clubs have increased their overall market share and now have an almost equal share of the global fleet standing at around 10.3%.

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Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: Commercial, insurance, P&I

Explosion and Consequent Fire onboard Chemical Tanker – Investigation Report

November 25, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

This investigation report refers to an explosion and a consequent fire in the forecastle of the 2159gt Isle of Man registered tanker Border Heather on 31 October 2004. As a result significant damage was caused to the vessel’s structure and systems but fortunately no-one was injured and there was no pollution.

Step by step LNG Bunkering by DNV

November 24, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Filed Under: VIDEOS Tagged With: bunker fuel, bunkering, DNV, LNG

Production of Liquefied Natural Gas

November 23, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Filed Under: VIDEOS Tagged With: gas production, LNG

Corrosion in Double Bottom in Engine Room

November 22, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Water ingress to the engine room of a bulk carrier was discovered during a voyage. The leakage was found to come through the short sounding pipe of the bilge water holding tank in the double bottom. After the visual inspection of the tank, the sea water ingress was found to come through an approximately 45 mm diameter area of serious pitting/hole in bottom plate (see figure below).

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Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: bulk carrier, corrosion, DNV, Hydrochloric Acid, sounding pipes, Technical, water ingress

Paris MoU Detention Report for Bulk Carrier MV EEC Atlantic

November 21, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

M/V EEC Atlantic arrived at Hamburg on 27.11.2008 to discharge bulk cargo. On the same day a PSC-inspection has been carried out. The ship’s statutory certificates were expired since June 2011. The inspection revealed 43 deficiencies of which 9 were considered as ground for detention.

Drilling Rig Anchoring Failure Incident Information

November 20, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

A few months ago PSA issued a new journal providing valuable information on some of the most relevant issues and challenges that are being faced by the oil & gas industry in the field of safety. The following information is an extract from PSA’s journal “Dialogue” regarding a mooring incident on the drilling rig Ocean Vanguard in 2004.