Safety Flash
Hull damage caused oil leakage from settling tank
Hull damage caused oil leakage from settling tank
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 24/20
- EnvironmentHydrocarbon ReleaseStructural and Asset IntegrityVessel and Mooring
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon releaseStructural and asset integrityVessel collision
- Mooring operations
- Storage tanks
- Emergency responseRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
A vessel’s fuel settling tank was punctured during berthing where protective fendering was missing, causing oil leakage. Port maintenance had not been communicated, while quayside access restrictions limited observation. Lessons address berthing risk assessment, decision-making information, possible shoreside support, alternative inboard tank arrangements and pollution emergency planning.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
On a member’s vessel, the starboard forward Marine Gas Oil (MGO) settling tank was punctured during berthing operations
IMCA SF 24/20. Themes: environment, hydrocarbon release, structural and asset integrity, vessel and mooring.