The Tirrenia cargo "Beniamino Carnevale" arrived in the port of Naples in the afternoon, departed from the Campania capital on Tuesday evening and headed for Cagliari, which near the island of Ponza had to cope with a fire in the engine room which caused a breakdown. the propulsion system.
On board 8 passengers, 22 crew members (no one was injured) and 100 commercial vehicles.
The ship, initially assisted by units of the Coast Guard of Ponza - CP 857, was subsequently joined by the "Guarracino" unit of the Tugboat Company of Naples, which towed it to Naples where the necessary repairs will be carried out.
As learned from the Coast Guard, "qualified inspectors belonging to the navigation safety section / Flag State Control Nucleus of the Port Authority of Naples, intervened on board the unit upon arrival, as representatives of the flag administration, to verify , together with the other appointed subjects, the existence of the conditions for the safe landing of the load and carry out all the necessary checks to reconstruct the causes of the fire ".
The inspectors “through on-board inspections, the verification of equipment and documents and interviews with the personnel on board, will have to acquire information about the circumstances of the accident in order to reconstruct the causes, as required by the Code of investigations on accidents. Subsequently, during the subsequent phase of the restoration works, the inspectors of the Navigation Safety section will supervise, in agreement with the technical body, Rina, the authorization and validation phases of the safety certification that authorizes the ship to operate. ".
"The emergency - it is underlined in the note - was well managed, as well as thanks to the intervention of the men and vehicles of the Coast Guard and the Soc. Rimorchiatori of Naples, also thanks to the expertise of the crew".
(Unioneonline / D)