Investigation Report
Safety warning after explosion on container vessel Manhattan Bridge results in 1 fatality and 1 serious injury
Safety warning after explosion on container vessel Manhattan Bridge results in 1 fatality and 1 serious injury
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- ExplosionMarine Operations
- ExplosionMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelinesStorage tanks
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
MAIB bulletin describes a fatal auxiliary boiler explosion aboard Manhattan Bridge at Felixstowe and preliminary findings of wax restricting fuel flow. It explains marine gas oil cold-flow tests and recommends fuel selection, sample testing, filter inspection and temperature management, without establishing wax formation as the explosion’s cause.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Themes: explosion, marine operations.