Safety Flash
Fuel oil bunkering safety
Fuel oil bunkering safety
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/13
- Hydrocarbon ReleaseMarine Operations
- Hydrocarbon release
- Bunkering
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash briefly describes fuel oil spilling into a vessel’s engine room during bunkering. Preparations included a correctly completed checklist and a crew toolbox talk. It provides no spill quantity or cause and directs readers to the Marine Safety Forum for the underlying flash.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Bunkering; marine refuelling; marine refueling.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum has published the following safety flash regarding a safety issue that occurred during fuel oil bunkering.
IMCA SF 10/13. Themes: hydrocarbon release, marine operations.