Tag: Cargo ship fire
CFLII’s Quest To Prevent Maritime Fires
In response to the ongoing threat of onboard fires in the maritime industry, the Cargo Fire and Loss Innovation Initiative (CFLII) has emerged as...
Port Newark Cargo Ship Fire Kills 2 Firefighters, Injures 5
2 firefighters killed, 5 injured battling cargo ship fire at Port Newark, states an ABC 7 news source.
Two firefighters were killed after they became...
Bentley Salvaged A Disaster After 189 Millions Of Dollars Cars Sank
In February with the sinking of Felicity Ace 189 Bentley cars of Bentley were also lost in the nothingness of the sea.
Bentley’s...
Misdeclared Cargo Causes Vessel Fire
The Swedish Club presents a case study of cargo ship fire caused by reactive solids onboard.
The Incident
It was early morning and from the bridge...
Faulty Battery Causes Weeklong Boxship Fire
An electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle led to the fire aboard a cargo ship docked in Florida that...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Fire Continues For The 4th Day
A fire that started on a cargo ship carrying timber off Sweden's west coast on Saturday was still raging on Tuesday, authorities said,...
New Laws To Prevent Mass Scale Marine Pollution
The need to develop legal infrastructure in line with international conventions identified.
A Committee appointed to identify legal provisions related to Maritime Law...
Increased Risk Of Fire On Large Containerships
Onboard firefighting regulations have not kept pace with the rapid increase in the size of containerships.
And the steel box used to transport...
Most of Overboard Containers Are Lost After Cargo Ship Fire
Of the 109 cargo containers that went overboard from the Zim Kingston, a cargo ship that caught fire near British Columbia last month, 105...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Fire, More Than 100 Containers Overboard
The coast guard now says 106 containers went into the sea, up from the original estimate of 40
Some of the containers are...