Maersk Honam Final Report Inconclusive on Fire’s Source
The MV Maersk Honam ablaze in the Arabian Sea, March 8, 2018. Photo: Indian Coast Guard
A.P. Moller– Maersk, moms and dad business to the globe’s leading delivery line, has actually reacted to the last examination record right into the deadly March 2018 fire on board the Maersk Honam, among the most awful crashes in the background of the business as well as the container delivery sector at huge.
The Maersk Honam ignited on March 6, 2018 while underway in the Arabian Sea in the direction of theSuez Canal At the moment of the occurrence, the ship was lugging 7,860 containers, representing 12,416 twenty-foot equal systems.
Despite the firefighting initiatives that included launching the vessels’ CARBON DIOXIDE system right into the freight hold, the initial spread frantically for week, including the whole bow from the superstructure ahead.
Five team participants unfortunately shed their lives in the occurrence.
The vessel was ultimately pulled to Jebel Ali for salvage. It was later on reduced up as well as delivered to South Korea where it was reconstructed as well as gone back to solution August 2019 under the name Maersk Halifax.
The examination was led by the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) of Singapore, where the vessel was signed up. Maersk additionally performed its very own independent examination.
The TSIB’s 98-page final report was released October 6.
The examination recognized that one of the most likely resource of the fire remained in a block of 54 containers with IMO Class 9 Dangerous Cargo stored inside freight hold no. 3 in the forepart of the vessel. However, the real source of the fire was not definitive, instead private investigators claimed it was very most likely to stem from the decay of harmful freight producing extreme warmth, making it possible for the fire to swiftly establish out of hand.
As an outcome of the occurrence, Maersk presented brand-new standards for storing harmful products on it fleet of vessels. The record consisted of 9 security referrals, consisting of 5 to Maersk as well as 4 to the flag state.
“We appreciate the thoroughness of the investigation in identifying opportunities to further improve our emergency response towards ship fires. We also appreciate TSIB’s recognition of the preventive measures taken by the A.P. Moller – Maersk and that TSIB is recognizing the need to review legislation linked with the safe transport of Dangerous Cargo. The main safety recommendations in the report we have already implemented across the fleet over the past two years and we will be studying the report further to understand how to best make use of the recommendations going forward,” claims Aslak Ross, Head of Marine Standards at A.P. Moller– Maersk.
Palle Laursen, Chief Technical Officer, A.P. Moller– Maersk, commented:
“This was one of the most serious incidents in the history of A.P. Moller – Maersk and we are devastated that five colleagues lost their lives and that five families lost their loved ones. The magnitude and intensity of this fire made it impossible for any crew to successfully contain, making it key that we as an industry take steps to address the root cause to ensure seafarers never find themselves in a similar situation. We hope this investigation will initiate a more holistic, industry wide approach where we address the concerns regarding containerized dangerous goods across the entire supply chain – starting at the manufacturing level and following through until the box has been safely delivered at destination to the customer.”
