Fire in hold of dry cargo vessel Chainat Navee

Location: Off the River Humber, England.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Completed preliminary assessment
• Date of occurrence: 20 October 2004

Completed PE Summary: Chainat Navee

A short summary of the accident and action taken:

	Merchant Vessel/Accident Details
Vessel Name	Chainat Navee
Registered Owner/Manager	Unithai Shipping Pte. Ltd
Port of Registry	Bangkok
Flag	Thailand
Type	Dry cargo vessel
Built	1978
Classification Society	Nippon Kaiji Kyokan
Construction	Steel
Length Overall	157.03m
Gross Tonnage	15938
Date/Time	20/10/2004, 1515
Location of Incident	UK coastal waters
Incident Type	Fire
Persons Onboard	28 crew
Injuries/Fatalities	None
Damage/Pollution	Material damage/None

Synopsis

Fire in number 3 cargo hold of Thailand registered cargo vessel, caused by oxy/acetylene burning procedures during defect maintenance on the upper deck.

Action taken

The Chief Inspector wrote to the Singapore based managers of the vessel. Recommendations were made with respect to the following:

Reporting accidents to harbour authorities, when appropriate, in good time to ensure emergency services give support commensurate with the emergency

• Use of CO2 smothering systems: specifically the need to keep spaces battened down for extended periods to ensure a fire is extinguished and area cooled. Also the internal danger of reignition when such spaces are opened up too quickly.

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Published 23 January 2015