Marine Accident Brief: Fire aboard Vehicle Carrier Courage, June 2, 2015

About 2215 local time on June 2, 2015, the US-flagged roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) vehicle carrier Courage was transiting from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Southampton, United Kingdom, when a fire broke out in its cargo hold. The accident resulted in extensive damage to the vessel’s hold as well its cargo of vehicles and household goods. As a result of the damage, estimated at $100 million total, the vessel’s owners scrapped the vessel. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the fire on the vehicle carrier Courage was electrical arcing in the automatic braking system (ABS) module of a vehicle carried on board.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1724.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/mab1724.aspx
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Corrected copy, July 17, 2017.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 2017-6-29

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Fire causes; Roll on roll off ships; Vehicle fires; Water transportation crashes
• Geographic Terms: Harwich (England)
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01641854
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/MAB-17/24, Accident no. DCA15RM024
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2017 9:29AM