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Cargo Liquefaction Accident: A Case Study of Losses Bulk Jupiter
Harrith Nur Naquib Bin Naim
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Ismail Russtam Suhrab
Bachelor of Science (Nautical Science and Maritime Transport)
School of Ocean Engineering
The term cargo liquefaction has been rapidly becoming a major issue in the maritime
industry. The way of the cargo stockpile has been stored is as one of the factors of cargo
liquefaction. It is hardly too noticed and aware of the cargo liquefaction indicating before
loading the cargo into the cargo hold of the bulk carrier. So as a step of precautions,
some methods of test in the laboratory should be carried out from the very essence of
the cargo operation. However, these tests in the laboratory are so against the period of
time to loading the cargo. The longer the time taken for the tests to be carried out, the
longer the time taken for the ship to load the cargo. So, better improvement in the tests
should be improvised in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of cargo
handling at the port. For the safety purpose, the tests need to be done accurately to
minimalize the risks and avoiding the hazards when the ship carrying cargo that may
liquefy. Based on the previous accidents, crucial lessons should be highlighted and
learned as experienced is among the best teacher. In this research, few cases study and
recommendation to avoid accidents as its results. This case study will make the Bulk
Jupiter case in 2015 as the center of interest or focus and pay particular attention to.
This due to Bulk Jupiter is the latest accident and the level of data accessibility will be
lower than other cases. Hence, the outcomes of the research will contribute to boost up
the efficiency of the cargo handling management and operation.
Keywords: cargo, liquefaction, risks analysis.
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