A Japanese report on a boiler explosion that killed a crew member on a containership illustrates one of the many safety issues that operators will have to consider when switching to low-sulphur distillates.
A Filipino man, 35, died in the explosion while the K Line-controlled, 13,900-teu Manhattan Bridge (built 2015) was in the UK port of Felixstowe. He had been trying to restart the boiler, which had had problems with a flame failure cut-out.
