FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Nautical Institute draws lessons learned from an incident where a crew member died from phosphine poisoning after fumigation gas leaked from the cargo hold into his cabin. The incident A bulk carrier loaded feed wheat into the vessel’s two holds. Once loading was complete, a specialised fumigation contractor applied aluminium phosphide pellets, loose, into the cargo. The fumigation process was intended to continue during the voyage to the discharge port as the tablets decomposed and gave off phosphine gas. RelatedNews One dead and four reportedly missing following U.S. strike on Iranian vessel TAIC Investigation: Ferry loses propulsion at sea near Wellington var jnews_module_21371994_0_6a01e1a555407 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371994","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"157,1585,606,214","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ad