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  • Containership on Fire at Port of Hamburg

    1 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 2015-built containership CCNI Arauco has ignited at the German port of Hamburg on Thursday, according to data provided by the local fire department. The fire reportedly started due to welding works being undertaken on the rear end of the ship, and spread out below the vessel’s deck. The fire department said that the containers which are on fire were not […]

  • Double win for Equinor in North Sea as two gas and condensate discoveries spring up

    5 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has made two new discoveries of gas and condensate in the Sleipner area of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which it describes as its largest finds so far this year. The company claims that these discoveries can be developed for the European market through existing infrastructure.

  • Fire Island Dredging Progresses

    25 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dredging is underway at Fire Island National Seashore to improve public access to marina and docking facilities affected by Hurricane Sandy. The $2.9 million project, funded through Sandy relief aid, was designed to ensure safe access to the Sailors Haven and Watch Hill marinas on Fire Island by restoring navigation channels to a width of […]

  • Fire drama for VOR leaders

    18 January 2006

    Scary situation as fire breaks out on ABN AMRO Two. Simon Fisher describes what happened: Something had shorted out and the Nav Station was melting down.

  • Orbital Marine Power gets €8M investment boost for tidal energy development

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura Ventures and Par Equity, has joined existing shareholders, including Scottish Enterprise, to invest in […]

  • SBM Offshore Fires COO

    7 November 2013

    SBM Offshore, a Dutch FPSO specialist, confirms that effective immediately Bruno Chabas, CEO, has temporarily taken over the role of COO following the dismissal of Jean-Philippe Laures, COO. “Although no further comments can be made at this time regarding the circumstances leading up to his dismissal, the company can reassure the market it is not […]

  • Tanker fire under control

    6 March 2005

    The Norwegian tanker “Fjord Champion” was still on fire Sunday morning, but the fire was dying out, NRK reports. The crew of 28 were safely evaquated when the Norwegian tanker “Fjord Champion” caught fire late Friday evening, and the ship later drifted ashore near Mandal on the south coast.

  • Cruise vessel on fire in Norway

    25 May 2010

    The cruise vessel Deutschland suffered an engine room fire last Sunday. Over 360 passengers had to be evacuated from the 175 metre long vessel, built in 1998. According to unconfirmed Norwegian newspaper reports, a number of passengers were taken to hospital by ambulance.

  • Cruise ship fire kills five in S Egypt

    1 December 2007

    A cruise ship fire killed five Egyptians and wounded two others on Sunday near the ancient city of Luxor in southern Egypt, a security official confirmed to Xinhua.

  • Maersk boxship catches fire in the Caribbean

    30 April 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    A containership owned by Danish shipping giant Maersk suffered an engine room fire while sailing in the Caribbean on 26 April 2020.

  • Malacca Straits tanker on fire

    19 August 2009

    Firefighters are battling a fire on board an oil tanker which collided with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Straits. Malaysian police say that nine sailors – Chinese and Taiwanese – are missing after the collision, which occurred late on Tuesday. The tanker was listing on its side and could sink, marine police said.

  • Fire extinguished on Songa Dee

    3 December 2007

    On Tuesday 4 December at 13.55, smoke was reported on the Songa Dee drilling rig. This resulted from sparks in a ventilation room. At 15.05, the fire was confirmed to be extinguished and cooling down work started. The rig, operated by Stena Drilling, is carrying out work for StatoilHydro at the Troll field. The rig […]

  • ‘Severe fire’ on Solent tugboat

    2 September 2006

    Firefighters have spent three hours controlling a blaze in the engine room of a tugboat in the Solent. The crew, who alerted emergency services just after 0200 BST on Sunday, sealed off the area and returned to the dockside in Southampton, Hampshire. None of the four people on board the 385 ton vessel, Lyndhurst, were […]

  • Report: five injured in Beihai LNG terminal fire

    2 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Five people were injured at the Beihai LNG terminal in China’s Guangxi region following a fire incident.

  • Avance Newbuilding Catches Fire

    9 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The newbuilding H1071, Avance Gas’ very large gas carrier (VLGC), currently under construction at Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, in China caught fire earlier today. It took firefighters over three hours to tackle the blaze and put it out completely. Fortunately no casualties or injuries have been reported in the incident. So far there is no confirmation whether […]

  • DEME’s Cable Layer Hit by Fire

    16 February 2018

    A fire broke out on board DEME’s cable layer Living Stone on Wednesday afternoon in Santurzi, Spain.

  • Five Die in RoPax Ferry Fire off Indonesia

    22 May 2017

    Five people died in a fire on board Mutiara Sentosa I Ro-Pax ferry on Friday, May 19 while the Indonesian-flagged ship was underway in Masalembo waters of East Java. A total of 192 survivors have been rescued by the National Search and Rescue Agency of the Republic of Indonesia. After two days of search and rescue operation for potential missing […]

  • Ship fire ruled accidental

    3 August 2006

    Faulty electrical equipment on the captain

  • Tanker Catches Fire at Vietnamese Port

    12 March 2018

    A tanker docked at a Vietnamese port burst into flames following an explosion on March 10, according to Hai Phong Port Authority.

  • Fire Erupts aboard Maersk Boxship

    23 August 2017
    Business & Finance

     A fire broke out on board the Dutch-flagged containership Maersk Pembroke on August 22 while underway some 125 nautical miles South West of Ireland. The fire was reported at 01:30 CET in the 2,902 TEU vessel’s engine room, a Maersk Line spokesperson confirmed to World Maritime News. “The fire originated from an auxiliary engine and is reported […]

  • Five injured in fire at Petronas’ Bintulu LNG complex

    30 September 2021
    Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Malaysian energy giant Petronas said a fire broke out at its LNG complex in Bintulu on 28 September 2021, resulting in five people being injured.

  • Tanker Fired at by Iranian Navy

    15 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    An oil product tanker is reported to had been fired at by the Iranian naval forces while transiting the Gulf on Thursday. Singapore-flagged tanker Alpine Eternity was approached by five Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ships at about noon (0800 GMT), Reuters said citing U.S. officials. The ships fired warning shots as they tried to […]

  • Fire Erupts on Philippine RoRo Ship

    11 July 2019

    A Philippine roll-on/roll-off vessel caught fire while docked in Cebu.

  • Dutra Secures Fire Island Contract

    23 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Dutra Group, San Rafael, California, was awarded a $47.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to stabilize Fire Island by placing 2,500,000 cubic yards of sand for initial construction of the Smith Point County Park reach of the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point project area. Dutra Group, made up of three distinct but integrated companies, Dutra […]

  • Fire Scare Onboard German CTV

    3 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS) responded to a report of a fire onboard a crew transfer vessel near the Nordergründe offshore wind farm on Monday, 30 April.