Antarctic
Antarctic Chieftain was en route to Port Louis, Mauritius. At 0850, a fire alarm for the engine room was activated. Two crew entered with breathing apparatus and extinguished a small fire, near the burner for the boiler, with a dry powder extinguisher. Fuel shut offs were activated as a precaution a...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.696.3589 http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5676645/MWS_14Aug2015.pdf |
| Summary: | Antarctic Chieftain was en route to Port Louis, Mauritius. At 0850, a fire alarm for the engine room was activated. Two crew entered with breathing apparatus and extinguished a small fire, near the burner for the boiler, with a dry powder extinguisher. Fuel shut offs were activated as a precaution and the ship blacked out. The area and machinery were checked and at 0950 the vessel was underway. 13/08/2015 MA201500106 12:55 UTC+10 No Port of Brisbane Trans Future 6 IMO No 9326081 Contact On final approach to the berth vessels starboard quarter sheered towards the berth. The vessels quarter overhung the wharf and contacted the concrete wharf edge. Minor scrapes on vessels quarter and minor damage to concrete wharf edge were noted Note: For the purpose of subsection 49(2) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act) any On-Board Recordings (OBR) relating to a matter that the ATSB has decided not to investigate, as identified in this publication, are not to be treated as OBR on and after the date of publication of this weekly summary. Section 48 of the TSI Act contains a definition of an OBR. The voice component of a Voyage Data Recorder normally meets the requirements of an OBR. |
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