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  • Fire Breaks Out on board Tanker in Kirkdale

    25 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out in one of the engine rooms of a Cyprus-flagged tanker at Canada Dock, on the river Mersey this morning, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service informed. The people on board the 4,139-dwt Julia have been evacuated, the firefighting service added. Five fire appliances from Kirkdale, Crosby, Liverpool City, Croxteth and Kensington community fire […]

  • Panamanian Boxship Catches Fire off Vietnam

    9 March 2015

    A fire broke out on board a Panamanian-flagged containership Golden 168 on Sunday morning while the ship was docking off Vung Tau, southern Vietnam. The fire reportedly broke out in cargo hold No. 1 at about 03:00 am, Xinhua news agency reported. Local coast guard and fire-fighting forces were rushed to the scene and managed to extinguish […]

  • Fire breaks out in ship in dock

    29 October 2007

    More than 25 firefighters have tackled a blaze that broke out in a ship being repaired at a yard in Wirral. Crews were called to the dry dock in Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead

  • Fire at Canadian Breakbulk Terminal 90Pct Contained

    17 April 2015

    A fire that broke out yesterday on the East Berth of Canada’s Squamish Terminal is 90% contained as of 1 am today local time, the local Emergency Operations Centre reports. Efforts will move to extinguishing the fire underneath the dock once the morning’s high tide recedes. The fire did not start on the vessel that was tied […]

  • Container Ship Catches Fire at Vancouver Docks

    13 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire erupted in a generator room of an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged container ship while it was docked at Port of Vancouver’s Fraser Surrey Docks, July 12. The fire started after the 2006-built Cap Blanche completed its unloading, and was quickly put out. There have been no reported injuries or spills, and the damage to the […]

  • Chemical Fire at Port Metro Vancouver Contained

    5 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    A four-alarm fire broke out in a container on Wednesday afternoon at the Centerm container terminal on the south shore of Burrard Inlet, Port Metro Vancouver. Vancouver Coastal Health confirmed the material inside was a hazardous organic compound (trichloroisocyanuric acid), and that it was a possible eye and skin irritant. The Vancouver Fire Department was rushed […]

  • Fire aboard Turkish Tanker, Crew Evacuated

    10 March 2017

    A fire broke out on board the Turkish-flagged tanker Izmail 2 on Tuesday evening, March 7 while the ship was at Hereke Demir anchorage. Once informed of the incident the Turkish Coast Guard sent lifeboat Kıyem 2 and Söndüren 7 tug to the scene to put out the fire. The three crew members of the stricken […]

  • Researchers Looking Into Causes of Wind Turbine Fires

    16 November 2016
    Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A group of international researchers led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have teamed up to investigate the causes of wind turbine fires and to determine how to improve fire safety. Fires in wind turbine, both on land and offshore, have huge human, financial and environmental consequences, DTU said. In the field of fire safety it […]

  • Containership Hit by ‘Devastating’ Fire off Mozambique

    22 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The steerless containership was battling high swells posing a safety risk to its 25 crew members.

  • LR Issues Fire Loadings and Protection Guide

    26 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The new Lloyd’s Register Energy Guidance Notes, launched at ONS 2014 on August 25, assist designers, owners and operators of oil and gas equipment on how to assess fire loadings on an installation, and how to protect people and equipment against different fire scenarios. “Protection against fires on board vessels and installations is critical to […]

  • Shell closes Prelude FLNG after fire

    3 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Energy giant Shell has shut down its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility offshore Western Australia due to a fire incident.

  • Four New Fires Hit Tianjin Port

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Four new fires have erupted at the Tianjin port blast site in China, according to Xinhua news agency. The fires have been reported within the 3-kilometer area that has been evacuated amid extremely high contamination level of cyanide, estimated to be around 356 times higher from the level safe for human health. Fire fighters have been […]

  • Four New Fires Hit Tianjin Port

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Four new fires have erupted at the Tianjin port blast site in China, according to Xinhua news agency. The fires have been reported within the 3-kilometer area that has been evacuated amid extremely high contamination level of cyanide, estimated to be around 356 times higher from the level safe for human health. Fire fighters have been […]

  • UASC Boxship Catches Fire at Port of Hamburg

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Firefighting crews were called in to intervene today at the Port of Hamburg after one of the containers on the 13,500 TEU MS Alula caught fire early this morning, according to the official web site of the city of Hamburg. The 2012-built MS Alula, operated by United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), was arriving to Waltershof harbor in the early hours […]

  • DEME’s Living Stone Catches Fire in Santurtzi

    16 February 2018

    DEME Group’s advanced cable lay vessel Living Stone caught fire while under construction in a shipyard in Santurtzi, Spain.

  • Update: Fire aboard Livestock Carrier Extinguished

    9 November 2015

    Portland Country Fire Authority (CFA) crews said in an update that the fire that broke out on board the livestock carrier Awassi Express on Tuesday evening in the Port of Portland, Australia, has been extinguished. The CFA crews have discovered that the fire started on the starboard side of the fodder storage silo on the back of the vessel and spread to the […]

  • Norwegian Joy Catches Fire at Meyer Werft

    11 October 2016

    A fire broke out on the cruise ship newbuilding Norwegian Joy at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on the morning of October 8, 2016. The fire started on one of the balconies of the cruise ship’s Deck 9 at 7:50 am, and was brought under control at around 9:20 am, according to the local police […]

  • Fire Engulfs Vessel in Khalid Port, UAE

    10 May 2019

    The fire was extinguished but the vessel was almost completely destroyed.

  • Fugro Simphony Catches Fire, Crew Evacuated

    20 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro Subsea Services-operated ROV support vessel Fugro Symphony has reportedly caught fire, early this morning in Peterhead Harbour. According to reports, the fire-fighting teams were called for duty at approximately 3 AM on Wednesday and it took about 35 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. More than 80 crew members were safely evacuated to the Fishermen’s Mission […]

  • Spain: Minorcan Project Under Fire

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Oceana has made a formal complaint to UNESCO today, against a project that aims to dump waste materials from the dredging of Maó harbour into a Biosphere Reserve off the island of Minorca. The material displays high levels of mercury as well as lead and copper, and so Oceana believes that the project should be […]

  • CNSOPB: Fire quelled on Deep Panuke platform

    19 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has said it was notified of a small fire incident on the Deep Panuke platform operated by Encana Corporation, on Monday, March 16, 2015. According to the CNSOPB, at approximately 8 A.M., a worker noticed a 6” flame on a cooling pump bearing on the utility module. The pump […]

  • Pemex: No environmental damage caused by ‘Eye of fire’

    6 July 2021
    Environment, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Days after a fire on the ocean surface dubbed the ‘Eye of fire’ in the Gulf of Mexico was put out, Mexico’s national oil company Pemex stated that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers.

  • Livestock Carrier Catches Fire off Crete

    2 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    A livestock carrier caught fire on August 1 off the Greek island of Crete while en route from Lebanon to Alexandria, Egypt, according to local media. The 1972-built Nabolsi I is currently situated off Crete’s southern coast, near the town of Lerapetra. Hellenic Coast Guard has dispatched one patrol ship to fight the flames. Two NATO […]

  • Another Fire on Maersk Boxship, Crew Safe

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    A fire erupts on board the Maersk Kensington while the ship was en route from Salalah toward Suez.

  • Fire Slows Down Brazil’s Itaqui Port

    3 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    A significant fire that occurred on January 29 at the Itaqui Terminal in São Luís, Brazil may cause delays for shippers using this port, Skuld reports. The fire reportedly started at the pulp storage shed of the country’s major cellulose exporter Suzano. Initial information indicates that the terminal’s grain loading belt system may have been affected by […]