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  • Pirates Fire Upon Boxship off Nigeria

    22 January 2020

    A group of armed men fired upon a containership underway off Nigeria.

  • Malaysia: Petronas Gas Plant Catches Fire

    11 May 2012

    PETRONAS Gas Berhad (PGB) announced that a fire incident had occurred yesterday at a gas processing plant (GPP) within its GPP Complex A in Kerteh, Terengganu. The fire was brought under control by the Complex’s Emergency Response Team at 1530 hrs. The incident happened at GPP 3 which is under planned maintenance shutdown. There is […]

  • Five Dead, One Injured in Fire at ASL Marine’s Batam Yard

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Five people died and one person was injured in a fire which broke out at ASL Marine Holdings’ shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The incident, which occurred on September 7, 2017, happened on board a tanker that was being repaired at one of the company’s dry docks. Initial investigations suggest that the fire started inside and […]

  • Fire breaks out at Samsung Heavy’s shipyard

    17 May 2017

    A fire reportedly broke out on Wednesday at Samsung Heavy’s shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. According to a Wednesday report by Yonhap, a South Korean news agency, the blaze started from a cooling installation at 10:07 a.m. and was extinguished around 10:30 a.m. No casualties were reported. The news agency further reported that the Ministry of Employment […]

  • Fire Island Inlet Dredging Contract for GLDD

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD), a dredging contractor from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $26.2 million contract for maintenance dredging of Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). “Work will be performed in Copiague, New York, […]

  • Gulfport Reports South La. Vessel Fire

    12 October 2006

    Gulfport Energy Corp. on Thursday reported a fire north of its oil and gas production facilities in the West Cote Blanche Bay production field in southern Louisiana. The company said it is gathering information about its contractors at the scene. The fire involves two contracted vessels performing work on Gulfport’s behalf. The company said all […]

  • Henry Goodrich Rig Catches Fire (Canada)

    12 July 2012

    The C-NLOPB has received a report from Husky Energy of a small flash fire in the vicinity of the drill floor of the ‘Henry Goodrich’ Harsh Environment Semi-Submersible rig that occurred yesterday morning. The fire was immediately extinguished using a pressure washer that was readily available on the drill floor. No personnel were injured. Operations […]

  • Gunashli fire: Six bodies found (Azerbaijan)

    7 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Dead bodies of six offshore workers, which went missing following the explosion of Socar’s Caspian Sea platform on Friday, have been found. According to the Azeri ministry for emergency situations, two bodies have been brought to shore, and the other four are expected to be recovered soon. This now means that 23 workers are unaccounted […]

  • US cargo ship fires on Egyptian boat

    25 March 2008

    A U.S.-flagged cargo ship contracted by the Pentagon to ferry military equipment fired on a motorboat while preparing to enter the Suez Canal on Monday night, U.S. Navy officials said. Egyptian officials said one Egyptian man was killed and two wounded in the incident.

  • Gallery: Fire Hits Barge at Sembcorp Marine Yard

    2 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out in a room of a cargo barge around 3:30 p.m. on August 1 at Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore, according to Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). SCDF dispatched 70 firefighters on the scene in order to contain the fire, cool the structure and prevent fire spread. SCDF forces also conducted interior […]

  • Fire On Board Cable-Ship Off Namibia

    12 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    France Telecom-Orange has suffered a major incident on its cable-ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August while returning from a repair operation on the Sat3-Safe cable off the coast of Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the crew’s efforts to control the fire, the decision was made […]

  • Fire-Damaged Yantian Express to Be Repaired in Asia

    27 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Yantian Express would sail to Asia for repairs, after completing discharge operations in Halifax.

  • Maersk: Fire-Stricken Maersk Honam Will Be Repaired

    24 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Line plans to repair its ultra large containership Maersk Honam which was damaged in a major fire.

  • Japan: Freighter Catches on Fire, Kills Six

    16 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Bodies of six people, suspected to be those of Russian crew members, were found inside Taigan, a Cambodia- registered freighter that caught fire Thursday while anchored in Japanese port of Wakkanai, the Associated Press informed. In addition, the remaining seventeen, out of a 23 membered crew of Russian and Ukrainian nationals, were rescued from the […]

  • APL Vancouver Fire Under Control off Vietnam

    6 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The situation aboard the fire-stricken APL Vancouver is under control, according to the ship’s operator APL.

  • Report: Fire extinguished on offshore platform in Iran

    13 June 2019

    An offshore platform, operated by Pars Oil and Gas Compan (POGC), caught fire in the Persian Gulf offshore Iran on Wednesday.

  • Maersk Kampala Fights with Fire in South of Suez Canal

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Maersk Kampala, situated south of the Suez Canal, continues to fight a fire in the two foremost cargo bays of the vessel. Crew are all accounted for and safe in the accomodation area with no injuries reported. The fire originated in one container at the bottom of a stack before spreading to a second […]

  • General Average Declared on Fire-Stricken Northern Jupiter

    29 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The ship experienced a main engine fire while it was sailing from Singapore to Port Klang on January 4, 2020.

  • IUMI: It’s Time to Tackle Containership Fire Issue

    18 October 2019

    IUMI is calling for urgent improvement of firefighting systems onboard boxships.

  • MOL Charisma suffers fire off Sri Lanka

    4 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    A Bahamas-flagged Post-Panamax containership caught fire approximately 250 miles east from Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 1 September.

  • French Frigate Extensively Damaged by Violent Fire

    6 October 2014

    A French Navy frigate had to be towed to naval base in Pointe De La Galets, La Reunion having been disabled after a severe engine fire that broke out on September 30th. The frigate Nivôse was steaming her way toward Mauritius in the Indian Ocean when the fire started. Fortunately, the frigate’s sister ship Floreal was […]

  • Antarctic ship fire blamed on fuel leak

    28 June 2007

    A fuel leak is being blamed for a fire on board the French supply ship L’Astrolabe. The details of the blaze are in a report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

  • Ship Catches Fire During Construction In Marinette

    25 April 2007

    A Wednesday morning fire damaged a first-in-its-class Navy warship under construction at Marinette Marine Corp. Marinette Fire Lt. Bill Becker said the fire started about 5:30 a.m. in a berthing area where workers were using welding and grinding equipment. It took about an hour to extinguish.

  • Livestock Carrier Catches Fire in Greek Port

    31 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The events that led to the incident are not know. There were no cattle aboard at the time.

  • Container Catches Fire on MSC Ship off Germany

    23 November 2015

    The crew of the 12,400 TEU container ship MSC Katrina reported that one of the containers on board caught fire on Friday, November 20, while the vessel was en route from Antwerp to Hamburg, according to Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME). The crew of the Panama-flagged boxship reported the incident to the Vessel Traffic Service […]