Machinery breakdown and subsequent fire on container vessel Maersk Doha

Location: Chesapeake Bay off Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America.

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

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 2 October 2006

Accident Investigation Report 15/2007

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened and safety lessons:

MaerskDohaReport.pdf (1,521.19 kb)

Annexes (841.59 kb)

Summary

Report on the investigation of the machinery breakdown and subsequent fire on Maersk Doha in Chesapeake Bay, off Norfolk, Virginia, USA on 2 October 2006.

Published: 6 July 2007

Published 23 January 2015