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  • Fire breaks out on drillship in Sri Lanka

    17 February 2022
    Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels

    A drillship owned by Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while docked at a port in Sri Lanka.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 on Hercules GoM Rig Not Yet Extinguished

    25 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard are continuing to oversee Walter Oil & Gas Corporation’s response efforts to secure the natural gas well and extinguish the subsequent fire that started after the operator’s loss of well control Tuesday. Both BSEE and Coast Guard conducted multiple overflights to supplement […]

  • 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.

  • Pirates Fire Upon Boxship off Nigeria

    22 January 2020

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Fire sinks 34-year-old Benetti

    29 August 2007

    M/Y Lady Candida, the 1973 classic Benetti, suffered a fire that caused her to sink off the coast of Corsica in late July. The 97-foot megayacht was on charter, according to news reports. Everyone – including her five crew members – was safely evacuated to life boats and taken ashore.

  • Pacific Basin Bulker Hit by Fire in Morehead City

    16 April 2019

    Bulk carrier Albany Sound suffered fire in the crew cabins while berthed at North Carolina Port, Morehead City, USA.

  • Product Tanker Fired Upon off Yemen

    28 November 2017

    A product tanker was fired upon while underway some 33 nautical miles South West of Mukalla, Yemen on November 21. The vessel was chased by a speedboat manned by a group of armed persons, who opened fire upon the tanker once it closed in. The crew of the tanker raised the alarm, increased the speed […]

  • Fire at Russian nuke sub kills one

    2 August 2005

    A fire in a decommissioned Russian naval submarine, at a recycling facility at the northern Zvyozdochka shipyard, killed at least one person and injured another, an emergency official said on Monday. The injured worker is in a hospital in very serious condition, Zvyozdochka’s chief engineer Viktor Frolov told NTV commercial channel. Experts are investigating the […]

  • 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.

  • Update: Fire-hit MOL Charisma to dock in Singapore

    10 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    The Post-Panamax containership MOL Charisma, which experienced fire in one of its cargo holds while sailing off Sri Lanka last week, will return to Singapore to undergo neccessary inspections.

  • Fire strikes Providence dock as tanker unloading

    19 July 2006

    Fire engulfed a dock at the Port of Providence on Tuesday night when lightning struck as a tanker was unloading gasoline, sending large plumes of smoke and fireballs into the air.Coast Guard officials said the Nord Europa, a Danish ship, was able to safely pull away from the dock. Assistant Fire Chief Mark Pare said […]

  • Equinor closes Hammerfest LNG after fire

    29 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Norwegian energy giant Equinor has shut down its Hammerfest LNG export plant following a fire in an oil-powered turbine at the facility. Equinor said the incident occurred on Monday at about 15:30h local time with no injuries reported. Images on local media showed smoke rising from the plant but Equnior said later in the day […]