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  • Report: Rig on fire in Gulf of Mexico

    16 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    A semi-submersible drilling rig reportedly caught fire in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Friday, February 13, 2015. According to gCaptain, which was first to report the news, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the incident had happened on an offshore rig when a fire broke out in the engine room. gCaptain claims that the rig […]

  • Fishermen rescued after boat fire

    28 April 2007

    Five people on a fishing boat disabled by fire 33 miles off Salcombe on the Devon coast have been rescued. Brixham Coastguard coordinated the rescue of crew members on board the Salcombe crabber Emma Jane.

  • Pirates open fire on cargo ship

    15 May 2007

    Pirates fired grenade launchers and machine guns at a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean far off the coast of Somalia, sparking concerns that key shipping routes are threatened, a Malaysia-based maritime watchdog said Tuesday.

  • Japan whaling ship catches fire

    15 February 2007

    A Japanese whaling ship has caught fire near Antarctica, leaving one crew member missing and raising fears of environmental damage. The blaze on board the Nisshin Maru prompted the evacuation of its crew onto other ships.

  • Freighter Catches Fire in Iskedrun Port

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    1978-built, 2937 dwt  general cargo vessel Retaj caught fire while docked in Turkey’s Mediterranean Port of Iskedrun, January 14, Haber Turk reports. The fire reportedly spread across the entire Togo-flagged ship. Local firefighters are currently on scene and are trying to contain the fire. Turkey’s Minister for Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Lutfi Elvan told Haber Turk […]

  • Ship fire puts heat on industry

    29 March 2006

    Miami-based Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise ship operator, estimated Tuesday that last week’s fire aboard the Star Princess will cost between $33 million and $42 million. That’s what Carnival said it will have to spend to repair the ship and compensate passengers

  • Fire Hits Petrobras FPSO, No Injuries

    18 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out on board Petrobras-operated floating oil production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) P-48 on Thursday located in the Barracuda-Caratinga field in the Campos Basin, Brazil, the oil workers’ union Sindipetro-NF informed. The union said that the fire was quickly contained and that the UMS City Quissamã maintenance and security unit which was linked to P-48 was […]

  • Fire on Dredger: Two Missing (China)

    21 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Two people are missing after a ship fire off the coast of South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Saturday morning, local maritime authorities said. The dredging vessel caught fire around 10 a.m. in sea waters about 5 km from a pier of a local power plant in the city of Beihai, according to the […]

  • Investigation launches into fire at Åsgard B

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire that broke out in a transformer at the Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The fire, which was reported in the transformer room on 14 November, was extinguished but produced smoke and led to a production shutdown. There were 118 […]

  • Car Carrier on Fire in Port of Antwerp

    20 October 2016

    The Antwerp fire department is currently cooling the 1989-built car carrier Silver Sky which burst into flames around 00.30 am last night, the spokeswoman of the Antwerp fire brigade told World Maritime News. She added that the temperature on board is still too high to enter the ship, so the damage caused by the fire is not yet determined. All 24 crew […]

  • Maersk Kampala Update: Fire Is Out

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The fire-fighting teams aboard the Maersk Kampala have succeeded in putting out the fire aboard the Maersk Kampala. Some smoke continues to come from some of the containers that had caught fire but will stop eventually with continued spraying by the tugs and flooding by the fire-fighting teams. Operational planning is now the priority, including […]

  • Marine carbon removal gains momentum with launch of new coalition

    22 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A new coalition uniting private companies, non-profit organizations and academic institutions to support the “responsible” growth of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) has officially been launched. As disclosed, the Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Coalition (mCDR Coalition), launched on August 21, will seek to inform and push forward research, support evidence-based policy engagements, and build relationships […]

  • Fire Extensively Damages HMAS Bundaberg

    12 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Australian Navy’s Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Bundaberg has suffered significant damage in a fire yesterday that broke out while the patrol boat was undergoing routine maintenance in a shed at Aluminium Boats Australia (ABA) in Brisbane, according to the Navy’s Chief Vice Admiral Tim Barrett. “I have been advised that HMAS Bundaberg has suffered […]

  • Fire Reported on SeaRose FPSO (Canada)

    8 August 2012

    A fire outbreak has been reported onboard the SeaRose FPSO, moored in the Atlantic, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. According to CBC, the fire broke out Tuesday evening in the FPSO’s pump room, but was quickly extinguished. No injuries have been reported so far. Furthermore, CBC reports that Husky Energy, the operator of the FPSO, will now […]

  • NextGeo expands into new regions via acquisition of share in 61-year-old Italian firm

    22 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of 75.4% of the share capital of a compatriot subsea services company established in 1964, thereby expanding its operations into the Mediterranean and West African countries and broadening its range of services. The transaction involves the acquisition of 75.4% of the […]

  • Triton FPSO Catches Fire (UK)

    3 December 2013

    A small fire occurred yesterday on board a Dana Petroleum-operated FPSO, moored in the UK North Sea.   In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today, Dana Petroleum confirmed that there was a minor incident on its Triton Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) in the UK North Sea Monday. “Smoke and sparks were seen […]

  • Gallery: Gulf of Mexico platform fire

    6 January 2017

    Following a fire on an oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, which has now been put out, the U.S. Coast Guard has released the photos of the firefighting operations. To remind, the Ship Shoal 266 A platform owned by Renaissance Offshore caught fire around early morning on Thursday. There were four […]

  • Mombasa Port Fires Strike Leaders

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Twenty-seven workers of the Mombasa port were fired on Saturday as they are believed to had organized a crippling strike that shut down the port for two days last week, Reuters reports citing the port authority. The strike started on Wednesday and saw around 2,000 workers protest against higher health care costs. Namely, the government […]

  • Nigeria: Funiwa Fire Stops Burning

    6 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron’s subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), announced that the fire at the site of the Funiwa 1A natural gas well offshore Nigeria ceased burning on Friday, March 2. The well stopped flowing on its own.  Chevron says it has detected no natural gas flowing from the well since the fire ceased burning and is monitoring […]

  • Freighter Catches Fire off Aberdeen

    26 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Bahamian-flagged general cargo ship Celtica Hav had to return to Scotland’s Aberdeen Harbour after the crew detected smoke emanating from the ship’s cargo hold, shortly after the vessel’s departure to Hamburg on Thursday evening, local media reports. The crew alerted the local authorities, who instructed the vessel to return to to Aberdeen, where fire […]

  • Fire flares on illegal fishing boats

    9 June 2006

    Fire has again broken out on two suspected Chinese illegal fishing boats being held in Darwin Harbour. Northern Territory Police say heat from an exhaust pipe probably started the fire. They say fishing nets were leaning against the boats’ exhaust pipes while the engines were running, to ensure the 55 tonnes of suspected illegal catch […]

  • Subsea7 hired by Equinor and Shell under two new contracts

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Subsea7 has secured two new contracts, one with Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor for work in Norway and the other with UK-headquartered energy firm Shell for the provision of services in the U.S. Namely, Subsea7 announced the award of a large contract, worth between $300 million and $500 million, by Equinor for the Fram Sør development […]

  • APSI Provides Update on Fire Accident

    13 February 2014

    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) has released the following update regarding an incident that occurred early morning on 12th February at its facility. At approximately 6:50am, maintenance was being performed on the shipyard’s gantry crane when an electrical fault occurred. Following protocol, NAVSES and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded. One employee, who is now in […]

  • Fire Onboard MV ‘HANSA BRANDENBURG’

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg Hamburg, Germany reports that on July 15 2013 a cargo container caught fire onboard MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” container ship, during her voyage from Singapore to Durban about 200 nautical miles northeast of Mauritius. The Croatian Master and the complete crew of Ukrainian and Kiribati nationality left the ship and have been […]

  • Fire damages port conveyor belt

    24 August 2009

    More than 30 firefighters were called to tackle a fire on a conveyor belt at the Port of Tyne. The fire broke out on a 720ft (200m) section of the belt, which was being used to feed rape seed on to a loading ship on the south side of the river. The flames were extinguished […]