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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shots Fired at Merchant Vessel off Somalia

    17 October 2018

    A merchant vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Aden, offshore Somalia.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Combustible plastic said tied to ship fire

    28 April 2006

    A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate found in the […]

  • 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.

  • Dynapumps delivers fire pumps to Wheatstone LNG

    11 August 2014

    Dynapumps recently completed one of the biggest fire pump packages the company has supplied yet. These LNG fire water pumps were supplied for the Chevron- operated Wheatstone liquefied natural gas plant that is currently under construction in Western Australia. There were three packages supplied. The first consisted of three diesel pump sets, two fitted with jockey […]

  • 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.

  • Reach Subsea boosts offshore capabilities with acquisition of Swedish firm

    9 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Reach Subsea has acquired Subvision AB, a Swedish company founded in 1993, focused on the design of equipment for subsea environments. According to Reach Subsea, Subvision has extensive experience from military and offshore development projects and has, over the years, developed several advanced solutions for underwater use. In recent years, Subvision supported Reach Subsea […]

  • Update: Fire Aboard Spanish Ferry Contained

    30 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Spanish maritime services managed to extinguish the fire which had been burning aboard the car ferry Sorrento since Monday afternoon, Salvamento Maritimo reports. The ferry is currently located some 18 nautical miles off Dragonera, the Balearic Islands. The surveyors are on scene, and the towing operations are expected to start today. Several aerial surveys were conducted yesterday, reporting […]

  • Petrobras’ FPSO P-48 catches fire

    18 March 2016

    A Petrobras’ offshore oil platform in Brazil caught fire on Thursday, but was extinguished, Sindipetro NF, a Brazilian workers’ union has revealed. According to the union, the fire started at the P-48 floating production storage and offloading unit at 13:30 local time. Citing workers aboard the FPSO, the union said that the flames had reached a […]

  • 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.

  • CNR restarts Ninian production after fire

    27 June 2016

    CNR International has resumed production from its Ninian South platform, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, after a shutdown last week. The spokesperson for CNR told Offshore Energy Today that the company restarted output from the Ninian South platform on Sunday morning. Production from the offshore platform was shut down as a […]

  • 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 […]

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

    18 October 2019

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fire hits Pemex platform. No injuries reported

    23 June 2015

    A platform has exploded in the Campeche Bay, offshore Mexico, Pemex, Mexico’s national oil company has reported. According to Pemex, a fire broke out on its usually unmanned Akal-H platform, after an oil and gas leak around 2 p.m. Monday. Pemex says that three workers performing routing inspection on the platform at the time of the […]

  • Thailand: Major Fire Strikes Nakluea Shipyard

    18 May 2011

    A major fire broke out in Nakluea shipyard destroying eight shacks, two large ships and other properties. At 9.30 a.m. Police Lieutenant … [mappress]   Source: pattayadailynews, May 18, 2011;  

  • Fire service gets two new boats

    16 June 2007

    Firefighters in West Sussex are to take possession of two new boats to help with emergency incidents off the coast and on inland waterways. A 90hp craft, which will be based at East Wittering, will be mainly used for harbour fires and rescues.