Picking safety equipment for a vessel is rarely as simple as choosing whatever sits at the top of a supplier’s catalogue. A bulk carrier crossing the Indian Ocean faces different risks to a harbour tug working short runs around Singapore’s port, and a fleet manager overseeing platforms off the Indonesian coast has entirely different priorities […]
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Every smoke and heat detector on a vessel has to be tested on a schedule, yet few people stop to think about how the engineer actually reaches the thing. Detectors sit on high ceilings, in stairwells and across cavernous cargo holds, often several metres above the deck. Getting up there safely, time after time, turns […]
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A fire breaking out aboard a vessel halfway through a voyage is one of the most frightening situations any operator can picture. Out on open water, far from a harbour and even further from a fire station, the crew has only the equipment on board and the seconds ticking away. Whether you are managing a […]
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Running a vessel brings a long list of responsibilities, and few weigh as heavily as fire safety. A blaze on board can spread within minutes, and there is no fire brigade waiting around the corner when you are halfway across the Strait of Malacca or the Aegean. A regular fire safety audit is how you […]
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Picture a fire breaking out somewhere below deck, perhaps in the engine room or a cargo hold, in the middle of a transit between Singapore and Colombo. There’s no fire station to call, no neighbouring building to alert, just the crew and whatever systems are already in place. That’s precisely the moment a manual call […]
