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    I see they have a ship fire in Southampton, attended by six fire stations. The cargo on fire is reported to be scrap metal, so the crew will get a few nights ashore i should think, as this will have to be discharged slowly, and damped down as they go, kt


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    I don't like the idea of dry docking with cargo in the hold , but at least it won't turn over if it gets too much water , I would assume the scrap has traces of fuel , oil , flammable plastics from crushed cars , sounds nasty .
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    Thats how i read it Rob, even if theres some aluminium in among it, the boys will be pretty hot on that job today, thunder storms predicted this afternoon, kt
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    Only ever carried one cargo of scale metal and what a bloody awful Cargo it was. If steel swarf was amongst the scrap it was a real fire hazard movement of the scrap during the voyage could case the oils coating the dwarf to ignite.
    Hatch cleaning was a nightmare as there was dust and small pieces of sharp edged scrap all over. It also played havoc with the hatch covers sealing strips.
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    I forgot about machining swarf done that in being produced from the metal is always oil coated because that's what the coolant is admittedly it is diluted with water into an emulsion but when it's dried off it's still an oil coating and highly flammable
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    The scrap yards on Liverpool docks go on fire regularly. The amount of pollution caused by the smoke as it passes over highly populated areas must be horrendous for the people living there. The plumes of smoke travel for miles as per a picture I took from New Brighton Promenade.

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    There was a case several years ago when a ship in a South Wales port with a cargo of swarf, a man went down the hold and was overcome by fumes, another went dow and another and in the end Seven men died.
    It is a very hazardous cargo as well as a fire risk.
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    I believe similar one follows the other tragedies have occurred in the past on ships carrying fruit where people have gone down the hatches at sea to find that the carbon dioxide has overcome them I know health and safety rules and reg's on popular. It is going through procedures for health and safety if properly written that stops tragic accidents like this
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    Health and safety is light years ahead of where it was in our day.

    Yet with all the modern technology and understanding of hazards we still get situations such as this.
    Even ashore stupid events happen, some times by the actions of person who should know better, but also as a result of companies not following procedure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by robpage View Post
    I don't like the idea of dry docking with cargo in the hold , but at least it won't turn over if it gets too much water , I would assume the scrap has traces of fuel , oil , flammable plastics from crushed cars , sounds nasty .
    The caption under the photograph says "In Dry Dock" . Further down it states she was sitting "alongside the dock". Could this be another example of inaccurate reporting?

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