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  • Maersk Honam Battling a Fire for Over a Month

    9 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The fire which erupted on board Danish-flagged containership Maersk Honam on March 6 still burning.

  • Minimax system extinguishes fire in van carriers

    26 January 2007

    Minimax GmbH & Co. KG in Bad Oldesloe has now developed a special fire protection system to protect van carriers. Fires often break out in places which are very difficult for fire extinguishing measures to reach. In the stilt-like portal stackers which move the containers around in modern seaports, the engine compartment is more than […]

  • Update: Fire onboard APL Austria Contained

    14 February 2017

    The fire that broke out on the giant Liberian flagged boxship APL Austria while sailing off South Africa has been contained, but its situation is still being closely monitored, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) informed in an update. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in one of the ship’s holds while the containership […]

  • Suspected Pirates Open Fire on ESPS Patino

    13 January 2012

    At first light on 12 January 2012, having just completed the escort of a World Food Programme ship carrying food-aid into Somalia and while operating close to the Somali port of Mogadishu, the EU NAVFOR Flagship, the ESPS PATINO, was approached by one skiff with a group of suspected pirates onboard. The suspected pirates opened […]

  • Fire on Russian nuclear submarine kills 2

    7 September 2006

    Two submariners have been killed in a fire aboard a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea belonging to Russia’s northern fleet, but the incident posed no risk of radioactive contamination, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.

  • Fire Onboard Chinese Hopper Dredger in Haifa

    11 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    A China-flagged hopper dredger anchored at Haifa Port was set on fire this morning, the Times of Israel reports. Firefighters from the Haifa Fire and Rescue Service put out the fire three hours after it began on the hopper dredger Hang Bo 3001. According to an initial investigation, the fire was started accidentally by welders […]

  • Fire Delays CMA CGM Rossini in Colombo

    23 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 5,770 TEU containership CMA CGM Rossini is wrapping up operations at the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and will be on its way in a few days after a fire in one of its holds kept the vessel at berth since June 15. Namely, a fire broke out in the hold number 5 on board the vessel while […]

  • Two Injured in Fire off Port Hedland

    14 July 2014

    Two people have been injured when a bulk carrier, berthed off Port Hedland, caught fire.   The Panama registered bulk carrier Marigold reportedly suffered an engine room fire. The ship’s crew responded with assistance from Port and civil emergency services. The fire was extinguished and is now reliant on shore power. The two injured crew members […]

  • Lumber catches fire aboard docked ship

    3 June 2006

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — A load of lumber caught fire aboard a cargo ship Friday while the crew was welding a broken ladder, officials said. No injuries were reported, and damage was minor. But the fire in the hold of the Ciclope sent a column of thick black smoke into the air at a Port of […]

  • Equinor concludes Hammerfest LNG fire review

    12 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has concluded the internal investigation into the incident that happened at the Hammerfest LNG facility in September 2020.

  • As CFO steps down, NextDecade picks interim one as replacement

    8 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital

    Houston-headquartered energy player NextDecade Corporation has disclosed the identity of its Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the wake of the resignation of its current CFO.

  • Singapore: Fire Breaks Out at Tanoto Shipyard

    27 March 2013

    One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. As Straitstimes reports, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) the Tanoto fire started from a tug boat and later spread to three other vessels that were […]

  • Fire-Stricken Maersk Honam Reaches Anchorage

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Honam, which was hit by a serious fire on March 6, is set to reach anchorage outside the Jebel Ali Port.

  • MAIB: Debris in Ferry’s Engine Led to Fire

    19 July 2018

    Debris in the engine’s oil channels caused engine failure and fire on board the ferry Wight Sky in September 2017.

  • Inspection of Fire-Stricken Car Carrier Begins

    2 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Inspectors have boarded the car carrier M/V Honor which caught fire on the morning of February 24 after departure from Southampton, UK.  According to American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC), the ship’s owner, inspections of cargo on the unaffected decks (decks 4 – 12) will begin on Friday morning, March 3. “Any possible cargo damage on the […]

  • Maersk’s Containership Suffers Engine Room Fire

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The engine room of the 1998-built containership Maersk Patras caught fire in the early morning hours of November 1 while the vessel was off the coast of Las Palmas, en route to Conakry, Danish shipping firm Maersk Line confirmed. “The fire was quickly controlled by the crew onboard and heat development from the site of the fire […]

  • Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship off Japan

    9 November 2015

    A fire broke out on Sunday, November 8th aboard a Belize-flagged general cargo ship identified as Soya Maru while sailing some 2 nautical miles west off Matsuyama, Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard dispatched at least three firefighting vessels to the scene to help extinguish the fire that had broken out in the ship’s engine room before […]

  • Maersk’s Boxship Catches Fire off Mauritius

    28 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 8,700 TEU container ship Maersk Londrina caught fire while en route from Malaysia to Brasil on April 25, forcing the vessel to divert to Mauritius, Maersk’s Senior Press Officer Michael Christian Storgaard confirmed to World Maritime News. The 2012-built boxship was en route from Tanjung Pelepas to Santos when the fire was discovered in one […]

  • Grand Princess’ Engine Room Catches Fire

    1 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Due to a fire which broke out in the engine room aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess, the vessel lost power for a short period of time in the early hours on Monday, according to CBS San Francisco. “At approximately 5:30 am local time, a propulsion circuit breaker in the aft electrical switchboard aboard Grand Princess suffered a significant failure, resulting […]

  • Oil platform off Texas catches fire

    8 March 2018

    The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday responded to a report of an oil platform fire approximately three miles offshore of Corpus Christi.

  • Avance’s Fire-Stricken Newbuild to Be Delivered in November

    10 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The fire-stricken hull 1074 under construction at Jiangnan Shipyard in China is scheduled for delivery in November 2014, Norway-based gas shipping company Avance Gas Holding Ltd said in unaudited results for the third fiscal quarter ended on 31 August, 2014. This corresponds to a 30-day delay as a result of the fire reported on 9 April […]

  • Fire aboard LNG Carrier Explorer, No Casualties

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Exmar Shipmanagement NV, managers of the LNG carrier ‘Explorer’ confirmed that the vessel experienced a fire in the engine room on June 14 about 240 west of Mumbai, India. The fire was promptly extinguished by the ship’s crew using portable fire extinguishers. No casualties or injuries occurred but the ship’s propulsion was lost. “At this […]

  • Fire Destroys Crane at Ghent Container Terminal

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vessel operations were suspended at the Ghent Container Terminal, Belgium following a fire incident that destroyed the terminal’s container crane on September 18th. According to transportation company Containerships Ltd, there were no injuries to the staff on duty as the impact was limited to the crane itself as well as 1.5 day delay in vessel […]

  • Car Carrier Catches Fire in English Channel

    24 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US-flagged car carrier Honor caught fire in the English Channel in the early hours of Friday, February 24, whilst it was en route to Baltimore from Southampton, the UK Coast Guard reports. The vessel’s fixed firefighting systems were used to attack the fire and the cargo space has been sealed. The ship’s crew continue to […]

  • Shell deal opens second US LNG channel for Italian firm

    10 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Italian utility company Edison has signed an agreement with Shell International Trading Middle East, the UAE-based subsidiary of the U.K.-headquartered energy giant Shell, for the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG).