FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In its latest BSAFE case study, Britannia P&I Club presents an incident where a cargo vessel, operating a routine transit of Lake Erie with a cargo of crushed stone, suffered a severe engine room fire. Background of ship and voyage details The ship was originally built in 1943, as a steamship and later converted to diesel propulsion. Due to the date of build, many safety features that are now mandatory were not required and therefore not fitted. For example, the main engine could not be stopped from the ship’s bridge, requiring stoppage locally or by closing fuel supply valves. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Fire aboard berthed ferry injures crew member var jnews_module_21366182_0_6a0426176e40a = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21366182","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"827,74,1168,201","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_t