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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 […]

Pirates Fire at LNG Carrier off Nigeria

12 November 2018

An LNG tanker was chased and fired upon by nine pirates in a speed boat on November 6.

Fire-Ravaged Maersk Honam to Be Towed to Jebel Ali

22 March 2018

Business & Finance

Maersk Honam, which was hit by a major fire on March 6, will be towed to Jebel Ali, the UAE.

Ship on fire moors at Vladisvostok sea port

13 March 2007

The Sinara motor ship that caught fire 30 miles off Vladivostok has moored at the Vladivostok sea port. Border guards were the first to go aboard to observe the necessary formalities despite the fire.

Beet pellets catch fire aboard ship

21 November 2006

A fire aboard a Great Lakes freighter burned part of its cargo of sugar beet pellets. The fire broke out on the Virginiaborg … a 434-foot-long bulk carrier. City firefighting crews were waiting yesterday as the ship docked in Sault Ste. Marie.

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 […]

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.

Fire-Stricken Sincerity Ace Taken under Tow

11 January 2019

Business & Finance

Fire-stricken car carrier Sincerity Ace was taken under tow on January 8, Shoei Kisen Kaisha confirmed.

Five Workers Injured in Fire Outbreak on Petronas Offshore Platform (Malaysia)

12 June 2012

Malaysian media have reported that five Petronas’ offshore workers have been injured in an explosion that occurred yesterday morning on a platform located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The fire broke out yesterday at 9:20 (local time) on Petronas Tukau B drilling platform and spread very quickly, one of the workers said to the New Straits Times. […]

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 Breaks Out on Hercules 265 (USA)

24 July 2013

Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

Further to the notice of a well control incident on the jack-up drilling rig Hercules 265, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has announced that a fire has broken out on the mentined rig. The natural gas leaking from the well ignited at 10:50 p.m. CDT July 23, 2013. A total of 44 workers […]

Shots Fired at Merchant Vessel off Somalia

17 October 2018

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

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 […]

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 […]

VIDEO: Fire aboard Tanker Claims One Life

25 April 2016

One crew member is reported missing after a Russia-flagged tanker Palflot-2 caught fire on April 23 in the Caspian Sea, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The relevant authorities dispatched helicopters and rescue vessels to the site of the fire and managed to evacuate ten crew, with the remaining crew member believed […]

LPG Tanker Fire Closes Houston Ship Channel

15 December 2015

A fire broke out aboard a liquid gas carrier around 9:45 a.m. Monday, which caused the closure of about 2 miles of the upper ship channel from Houston Ship Channel, near Greensport Dock West, the US Coast Guard informed. The vessel has been identified as Liberian-flagged tanker Navigator Europa as the tankship was onloading liquid ethylene/C2 at Targa’s […]

Fire Erupts aboard Tanker at Norway’s Sture Terminal

13 September 2019

The tanker arrived at the Sture terminal from the Port of Gothenburg.

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 […]

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.

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 […]