In its monthly safety scenario, April edition, the Swedish Club describes a case of cargo deteriation from wet damage, due to a crack in the hatch coaming.
The incident resulted in several days of delay for the ship to get the wet cargo off the vessel, while most of the cargo was refused by the buyer.
The bulk carrier had a full cargo of zinc concentrate onboard and was sailing from the west coast to the east coast of South America.
When the vessel passed Cape Horn, it experienced heavy weather of Beaufort scale 9 with green sea covering the cargo hold covers 1, 2 and 3.
This continued for 4 days as the vessel battled the waves. The vessel had no weather routing.
When the weather had calmed down the master asked the chief officer to inspect the cargo holds. The chief officer found that water had Continue reading “Crack in cargo hold cover leads to wet damage”
