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  • MSC to cover costs related to Maersk Elba fire

    19 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has decided to cover the costs associated with the fire on board the containership Maersk Elba so that the vessel operator will not declare General Average.

  • Fire-Stricken Carnival Liberty Heads to San Juan

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Carnival Cruise Line’s ship Carnival Liberty that experienced a fire earlier this week departed from St. Thomas on Thursday evening en route for its homeport of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the ship is expected to arrive Friday morning, local time. “All necessary authorities including the U.S. Coast Guard have provided permission for the vessel to sail. […]

  • Total fires up Badamyar gas project

    2 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    French oil company Total has started up production from the Badamyar project, located offshore 220 kilometers south of Yangon in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The project will enable an extension of the Yadana gas field’s 8 billion cubic meters per year production plateau beyond 2020, Total said on Tuesday. “Completed on schedule […]

  • Green Dragon fails to fire home crowds

    2 June 2009

    Green Dragon was unable to provide the massive crowds in Galway with the cheer they so desperately wanted today, finishing last of the seven yachts in the In Port races. In front of over 100,000 people, the Irish-Chinese boat came home a disappointing seventh. The fleet headed out into Galway Bay for the sixth In […]

  • Fire Damages Three Boats at NOAA Center

    4 July 2006

    SEATTLE

  • CMA CGM Ship Catches Fire off Spain

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    The 9,415 TEU containership CMA CGM Fidelio caught fire while it was sailing off the coast of Ibiza, Spain on March 24, a representative of the vessel’s owner, the French shipping giant CMA CGM, confirmed. The fire, which started in the back of the ship at 4 am, was soon extinguished and CMA CGM Fidelio continued its […]

  • Oil tanker catches fire at Equinor’s Sture terminal

    13 September 2019

    Equinor’s emergency response center on Friday received reports of a fire in the engine room of the tanker Dubai Harmony. The ship is moored at the quayside at the Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland, Norway. 

  • Calcium Hypochlorite Suspected Cause of APL Austria’s Fire

    8 March 2017

    The suspected cause of the fire on board the Liberian cargo vessel APL Austria is a chemical known as “calcium hypochlorite”, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) said citing preliminary investigation findings. The chemical was found stowed under deck in No.4 cargo hold, where the fire broke out. Calcium hypochlorite is commonly used for sanitation and […]

  • Domino effect of recent permit reversal: Uncertainty envelops another African block’s development

    10 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    After the Western Cape High Court’s decision to ax environmental authorization for oil and gas offshore drilling activities planned in Block 5/6/7, Canada-headquartered oil and gas exploration company Africa Energy has embarked on talks to find out what is required for an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) related to another block off the coast of South Africa to ensure its development can proceed.

  • Grimaldi RoRo Ship Catches Fire off Italy

    22 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    A RoRo ferry operated by Italian Grimaldi Group caught fire off the coast of Livorno on November 21.

  • Fire-Ravaged Maersk Honam Reaches Gulf of Oman

    18 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Fire-stricken Maersk Honam, which is being towed to an anchor at Jebel Ali, has reached the Gulf of Oman.

  • Alaskan Star Rig Catches Fire Offshore Brazil

    15 March 2012

    A fire outbreak occured Tuesday around 14:30 in one of the oil columns of the Alaskan Star rig, operated by the Brazil’s state controlled oil and gas company, Petrobras. The owner of the rig, Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (“QGOG”), said that the fire brigade was immediately activated, and successfully extinguished the fire. QGOG informed […]

  • Fire breaks out at offshore platform leaving five dead and one missing

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Human Capital, Safety

    Based on most recent reports, the fire incident at a platform offshore Gabon has resulted in five deaths while one person is still missing.

  • Tug Fire Kills Two at Bengbu Shenzhou Shipyard

    15 June 2015

    Two shipyard workers were killed and one was injured after a tugboat under construction at China’s Bengbu Shenzhou Machinery (former Bengbu Shipyard) caught fire on June 11, according to local media. The fire reportedly started in the tugboat’s cabin, killing one worker immediately, while the other two workers were rushed to hospital. Unfortunately, the help […]

  • Fire near Houston Ship Channel Put Out

    10 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    A fire that started in the vicinity of Houston Ship Channel, at a nearby refinery, in the morning hours of Friday was extinguished around 12 p.m. the same day, according to Houston Fire Department. The fire erupted at ExxonMobil in Baytown, TX, and“the huge plume of smoke sent into the air was visible from 22 miles away […]

  • Three missing after fire on CNOOC offshore platform

    9 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Safety

    CNOOC Limited has put out a fire on its production platform in the Bohai Bay and is now searching for three workers who went missing.

  • Cable Ship Chamarel Catches Fire Offshore Namibia

    12 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    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 […]

  • Update: Car Carrier Berths at Southampton after Fire

    27 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US-flagged car carrier Honor was berthed at the Port of Southampton on February 24 after it caught fire in the English Channel earlier that day. The ship refilled its CO2 system and plans to proceed to anchorage on February 27, ARC informed. American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC), the vessel’s owner, said that any possible […]

  • PIL’s Kota Bahagia hit by fire in Port of Napier

    18 December 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels

    A fire broke out on board a cargo vessel identified as Kota Bahagia, in the Port of Napier today, December 18, 2020. The fire originated in one of the holds of the Singapore-registered cargo ship owned by Pacific International Lines (PIL) while it was berthed at the wharf.  The 25,000 dwt multi-purpose ship was built […]

  • Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Catches Fire in the Mediterranean

    23 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Splendour of the Seas caught fire in one of its its two engine rooms in the morning hours of October 22 while sailing to Argostoli, Greece. The fire was contained and extinguished by the ship’s fire suppression system, according to Royal Caribbean. 20 crew members and 1 passenger were treated for smoke inhalation. One […]

  • Fire Hits Rumo Sugar Terminal in Port of Santos

    15 July 2016

    A fire broke out at Brazilian Port of Santos’ Rumo sugar terminal on July 14, causing temporary stoppage of operations at the facility, a representative of Santos Port Authority told World Maritime News. The fire, which started at 4:00 a.m. in a conveyor of the plant, was extinguished some two hours later by the local […]

  • Fire Erupts on board MSC Daniela off Colombo

    5 April 2017

    A fire broke out on board a containership owned by Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) some 120 nautical miles off Colombo harbor, Sri Lanka, on April 4, Sri Lanka Navy said in a statement.  After it was alerted by the ship’s local agent, the navy deployed two fast attack craft (FAC) to fight the fire onboard the […]

  • US Navy Ship Catches Fire in Croatian Shipyard

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out on board USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while the ship was in Viktor Lenac Shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia.  There were no personnel injuries in the fire which broke out on July 31, and was extinguished within 45 minutes by ship’s force and shipyard fire brigade personnel. The cause of fire and extent of […]

  • Update: Maersk Pembroke Engine Fire Put Out

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    The fire that broke out on Tuesday, August 22 in an auxiliary engine of Maersk Pembroke containership while en route to Montreal, Canada has been extinguished. “It (the fire) has been contained and extinguished and power has now been restored to the vessel, including power to the reefer units,” a spokesperson of Maersk Line, owner of […]

  • No sheen near Gulf of Mexico platform after fire

    10 January 2017

    Following the last week’s platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said on Monday it was no longer responding to the incident site. The Coast Guard last week responded to the site of an oil production platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 80 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. “The […]