Safety Flash
Vessel flooding incident
Vessel flooding incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/20
- CorrosionInspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset IntegrityVessel and Mooring
- CorrosionStructural and asset integrityVessel flooding and foundering
- Inspection and maintenance
- Emergency responseFunctional testing
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
Seawater entered a vessel’s engine room through a hole in a box cooler bulkhead. Hand pumps controlled flooding before an emergency return to port. Dry-dock inspection identified extensive corrosion; a link to the marine growth protection system malfunction remained unverified. Repairs included additional sacrificial anodes, with regular condition and performance verification recommended.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A vessel suffered flooding and loss of integrity, caused by sea water ingress into the engine room, due to a hole developing in the box cooler bulkhead.
IMCA SF 13/20. Themes: corrosion, inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity, vessel and mooring.