FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has issued a Safety Alert to raise awareness of the serious hazards associated with Hydrogen Sulphide (H₂S), following a very serious marine casualty involving hydrogen sulphide that the Bahamas fleet suffered in 2025. Namely, on 23 December 2025, a Bahamas-flagged passenger vessel suffered a toxic gas incident when crew unsealed a manhole cover on a ballast water tank that was being used to store grey water, releasingshu Three crew members working at the manhole lost consciousness within seconds, while a fourth supervising crew member exited the compartment, raised the alarm, and initiated a Code Alpha medical emergency. RelatedNews ECDIS knowledge gaps exposed: What 5,000 bridge team assessments reveal about navigational risk Major shipping organizations issue guidance for safe Hormuz transits var jnews_module_21363465_0_6a145a399dedb = {"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":"21363465","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"521,263,582,1198,1419,477,1788","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_nextpre