Less serious accident with service ship Puffin Island, IMO 9266396

2020-11-12
L-20/36
Territorial sea, Republic of Senegal

On 12 November 2020, operations with fuel system were carried out on board the ship Puffin Island, registered in the United Kingdom. While fuel system was under preasure, fuel system connection blanking cap was released, which seriously injured chief enginer, the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania.

Status of safety investigation
2020-11-12 Preliminary assessment launched
2020-12-08 Decision not to conduct safety investigation