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Crewman Killed in Tanker Blast

LABUAN: A crewman was killed and four others are missing after a fire raged for 18 hours onboard the MV Bunga Alpinia 3 tanker at the Petronas methanol jetty at Pulau Enoe here.

The tanker, MV Bunga Alpinia 3, is believed to have been struck by lightning during a thunderstorm as it was being loaded with methanol at about 2.30am yesterday.

Firemen and personnel from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency were continuing their search for the four who were believed to have jumped off the tanker after the fire triggered multiple explosions.

The fire was brought under control at about 8pm yesterday but firefighters said they expected the flames would take a few more hours to be extinguished before they could board the tanker to search for the missing crewmen.

A charred body recovered from the jetty was identified as Shahril Azmi Baharudin, 28, from Malacca. The body has been sent to the Labuan nucleus hospital.

Police have identified the missing crewmen as Muhammad Nazrin Khamasani, 20, from Kuala Lumpur, Mohd Hanafi Khalil, 24, from Malacca, Zahari Hassim, 46, from Negri Sembilan and Filipino Colanggoy Errol Calaluan, 22.

Labuan police chief Supt Saiman Kasran confirmed that witnesses had reported the fire occuring during flashes of lightning.

He said the 38,000DWT chemical tanker, 172.87m-long and 32m-wide, had a crew of 27, of whom 22 were working when the fire broke out.

Nineteen of them escaped with three suffering slight burns while the remaining five were seen jumping off the tanker when the explosions started.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Sabah chief First Admiral M.Karunathi said an attempt had been made to pull the ship out of the wharf with a tugboat but the cable burned.

The tanker drifted about 20m and was “sitting on a shallow seabed”.

Ship owners MISC Berhad said in a statement that the crew members comprised 23 Malaysians and six Filipinos.

Labuan fire chief Zainal Madasin said 71 firemen fought the blaze which destroyed nearly half of the ship.

In PETALING JAYA, maritime technology experts say that lightning strikes or fires on ships carrying volatile cargo are rare.

Prof Omar Yaakob of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia said: “There have been two incidents in the country in the past five years where tanker ships being repaired in dockyards caught fire when flammable vapour from their tanks came into contact with sparks,” said Omar.

“But a tanker catching fire while in operation is almost unheard of as tankers are subject to much higher safety standards than normal ships.”

Another maritime safety expert said ships were equipped with onboard lightning arrestors to channel the current from any lightning strike into the sea.

In the event of fire (early morning)

Fire Fighting Assist by Offshore Support Vessel 

Source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/27/nation/11740307&sec=nation

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Again Pirate Strike In Miri

MIRI: Twelve crewmen of a ship bringing supply to an offshore barge were robbed by pirates armed with machetes while anchoring about 10km off Miri’s coast about 10.15pm Wednesday 17th July 2012.

The robbery occurred while most of the crewmen were asleep.

All of them, however, escaped unhurt.

The ship was on its way back to shore after sending food supplies to the barge about noon of the same day. This was the second time such incident occurred here involving pirates robbing crewmen this month.

Marine police arrived at the scene about 11pm Wednesday after they received a distress call from the ship’s captain.

The pirates only managed to take away two walkie-talkies from the ship. The pirates are believed to be a mix of locals and a few foreigners based on their accent.

“The pirates had no time to take any valuables from the ship as they panicked after hearing the captain talking on the walkie-talkie to the marine police for help. The captain had earlier managed to escape the pirates by running to his cabin where he made the call,” one of the crewmen said.

He added that the pirates tied five of them with rope while they ransacked the cabins.

The pirates were in the ship for about 15 minutes before they fled.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/07/20/pirates-strike-10km-off-miris-coast/#ixzz2192SiAdz

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Crewmen robbed while dozing off in ship

MIRI: Thirteen crew members were robbed of valuables by unknown masked robbers armed with machetes while their ship was berthed about two nautical miles off Miri waters on Sunday night.

No one was injured in the 8pm incident.

The robbers were said to have entered the ship while most crew members were asleep.

One of the victims, who did not wish to be named, said the incident was over very quickly.

“I was asleep that time … it was pitch dark when an unknown man pointed a sharp object at me and demanded for my valuables,” he said.

A police report was lodged at Miri Central Police Station (CPS) yesterday.

According to sources, after the robbers fled the scene, the crew alerted maritime personnel for help.

Total loss was estimated to be RM82,000.

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Safety Equipment - Rocket Parachute Flare

Rocket Parachute Flare is one of safety equipment that must have onboard the vessel. Under SOLAS requirement, every vessel must have at least 12 unit of this item and normally keep at wheelhouse. 


The use of this item is to alert others of a distress situation day or night.


This is some specification of the rocket parachute flare;

• Height of launching  : min. 300 meter
• Duration of burning  : min. 40 seconds
• Luminous intensity   : 30, 000 candela

Rocket Parachute Flare

Rocket Parachute Flare Sign

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Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS)

ECDIS is a system that is able to display electronic chart information with automatic position updates that has built in redundancy. ECDIS is a complex system for vessel handling assisting the mariner in all aspects of navigation. ECDIS display digital charts information together with ships position and course and requires redundancy. It is the legal equivalent of a paper chart.


The ECDIS makes navigation easy and significantly improves safety at sea. The ECDIS offers precise information about the position of the ship, and includes intuitive route planning functions, ensuring optimal navigation routes, which in turn leads to reduced fuel consumption.


ECDIS will become mandatory onboard vessel when;


- passanger ships of 500 gross register tonnage (GRT) and upwards constructed on or 1 July 2012
- tankers of 3,000 GRT and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2012
- cargo ships, other than tankers, of 10,000 GRT and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2013
- cargo ships, other than tankers, of 3,000 GRT and upwards but less than 10,000 GRT constructed on or after 1 july 2014
- passenger ships of 500 GRT and upwards constructed before 1 July 2012, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2014
- tankers of 3,000 GRT and upwards constructed before 1 July 2012, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2015
- cargo ships, other than tankers, of 50,000 GRT and upwards constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2016
- cargo ships, other than tankers, of 20,000 GRT and upwards but less than 50,000 GRT constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2017
- cargo ships, other than tankers, of 10,000 GRT and upwards but less than 20,000 GRT constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2018

ECDIS

Safety Equipment - Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD)

EEBD is used for escaping an area with hazardous condition such as may be fire, smoke, poisonous gases etc. It's contain breathing oxygen for a time period of at least 10 minutes (most of manufacturers provide time duration of 15 minutes), along with a low pressure audible alarm (whistle type).


This device is ONLY use to escape out from danger and not to use for fire fighting or life saving purpose. 

EEBD Pictures

EEBD Sign

Demo of Using EEBD

New Regulation : Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)

BNWAS is a system to monitor wheelhouse activity and detect officer of the watch (OOW) disability which is could lead to marine accidents.

Sample of BNWAS 

How does it's work?


This system require OOW to press the button on a Timer Reset Panel or to prepare navigational equipment (e.g ECDIS, Radar, autopilot etc.) at certain intervals. If the OOW fails to press the button within pre-set intervals, visual and audible alarms will be generated in the wheelhouse. If the OOW doesn't respond to the alarm,the system transfers the alarm to the Cabin Panel installed in other sections of the vessel in order to inform backup officers of the watch officer's incapacity




Requirements:

• cargo ships of 150 gross register tonnage (GRT) and upwards and passenger ships irrespective of size constructed on or after 1 July 2011
• passenger ships irrespective of size constructed before 1 July 2011, not later than the first survey after July 2012
• cargo ships of 3,000 GRT and upwards constructed before 1 July 2011, not later than the first survey after 1 July 2012
• cargo ships of 500 GRT and upwards but less than 3,000 GRT constructed before 1 July 2011, not later than the first survey after after 1 July 2013
• cargo ships of 150 GRT and upwards but less than 500 GRT constructed before 1 July 2011, not later than the first survey