Safety Flash
Potential engine room flooding: maintenance and equipment failure issues on a laid-up vessel
Potential engine room flooding: maintenance and equipment failure issues on a laid-up vessel
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 31/17
- Control of WorkEmergency ResponseInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- CorrosionMechanical failureVessel flooding and foundering
- Inspection and maintenance
- HoseValve
- Emergency responseEnergy and process isolationPreventive maintenanceSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A cooling-line hose disconnected after a corroded clamp broke during maintenance aboard a vessel in cold lay-up. Seized isolation valves complicated stopping the seawater flow. The flash examines maintenance records, crew communications and emergency preparedness, recommending more rigorous inspection and better management of maintenance and safety systems for laid-up vessels.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A seawater cooling line failed during planned maintenance on a vessel in “cold” lay-up.
IMCA SF 31/17. Themes: control of work, emergency response, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.