[BITList] Fwd: Carnival Puts Cruise Fleet Under Microscope AfterTriumph Fire | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News

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Mike,

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Hugh.

"The company has assembled teams of fire safety experts, naval architects, 
electrical and mechanical engineers and engine manufacturers to conduct its 
own investigation, Cahill added."



No marine engineers available then?




"The Triumph was on its way back to Galveston, Texas, when a leak in a fuel 
return line caused a fire in the aft engine room. The ship has two 
independent engine rooms but the fire damage knocked out both, Cahill said."



What is a fuel return line? The leak didn't cause the fire. And were the ERs 
really independent?




"A diesel generator kicked in to run emergency services, but could not run 
what Cahill described as "hotel services", most notably the plumbing in the 
cabins. Cahill said the company investigation would focus on fire prevention 
and suppression, engine-room backup systems, and on figuring out what hotel 
service facilities could be run with emergency generators."



Emergency generators, per se, are not for hotel services. What are engine 
room back up systems?