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Safety lessons: maintaining fire protection standards on ferries

A safety message to ferry and port operators about the importance of checking critical and vulnerable systems on ships, and dealing with emergency situations in port.

From:
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Published
16 November 2011

Documents

MAIB safety flyer issued November 2011

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Details

This summary concerns a fire on the main vehicle deck of the roll on, roll off (ro-ro) vessel Commodore Clipper. The investigation found that the fire was due to one of the ship’s reefer cables being assembled incorrectly.

The information has been prepared for:

  • operators of ro-ro vessels
  • the ports industry

An investigation report has also been produced for this accident.

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Published 16 November 2011

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