MAIB released this month its Safety Digest for the second semester of 2012. Among others one case refer to an incident where an explosion caused the poop deck to completely detach from the vessel and land on the compartment funnel deck.
Bulk Carrier Explosion Detaches Poop Deck – Investigation Report
October 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Fire Explosion in Beached Tanker in Alang
October 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
An explosion and subsequent fire on-board a beached tanker at the Alang-Sosiya Ship Recycling Yard in India killed five workers and severely injured two others on Saturday, according to Indian officials. The fire broke out at 12.45 pm on the 163-metre-long MT Union Brave, a tank-ship purchased recently by Bhavnagar-based Kiran Ship Breaking Co. for recycling. The vessel was beached at plot 82.
Bulk Carrier Explosion Causes Serious Burns to Seafarer
September 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
An explosion in one of the cargo holds of MV Sea Moon at 3:05pm on Friday caused serious injuries to one of her crew. The MV Sea Moon is a 57,012 DWT Bulk Carrier flagged by Marshall Islands. The explosion took place 140 miles southwest of Bermuda. The ship’s cargo was coal and its destination Karachi, Pakistan.
Tanker Bunga Alpinia Inferno
July 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A 38,000 dwt chemical tanker ‘Bunga Alpinia’ was almost destroyed by fire and explosions yesterday morning, while loading methanol at Labuan. It is believed that the accident was caused by lightning, due to heavy rain during the loading procedures, which resulted in several explosions.
Officer of the Watch 