Safety Flash
USCG: two alerts relating to gas releases
USCG: two alerts relating to gas releases
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 15/18
- Hazardous SubstancesHydrocarbon ReleaseMachinery and Equipment
- Hazardous substancesHydrocarbon releaseMechanical failure
- Gas detectorProcess pipework and pipelinesPumps
- Alarm management
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This flash summarises two US Coast Guard alerts: ethylene vapours triggering carbon monoxide alarms on an LNG carrier, and contaminated Gulf Coast bunker fuel causing fuel-system failures. It highlights gas-monitor cross-sensitivity, corrective action on alarms, and fuel contamination problems undetectable by standard ISO 8217 test methods.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Gas detector; gas monitor; gas detection instrument.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Two alerts address gas-monitor cross-sensitivity on LNG carriers and contaminated fuel causing propulsion and fuel-system failures.
IMCA SF 15/18. Themes: hazardous substances, hydrocarbon release, machinery and equipment.