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  • Siemens Develops System to Fight Fires in Wind Turbines

    17 February 2014
    Technology

    Siemens has developed an automatic fire detection and extinguishing system for offshore wind turbines. The first of these systems was recently installed at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the North Sea. A fire in a wind turbine can quickly turn dangerous for people and the environment, particularly if the nacelle or rotors catch fire, […]

  • PipeChina stops Beihai LNG terminal construction after fire kills five

    3 November 2020
    Regulation & Policy, Safety

    State-owned China Oil and Gas Pipeline Network (PipeChina) has suspended construction work at the second phase of its Beihai liquefied natural gas terminal in southern China after a fire that killed five people.

  • Fire at Shell Platform in GoM Leaves Two Injured

    9 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Shell has informed that a fire broke out at its Enchilada platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. The fire is associated with a 30-inch gas export pipeline, the company said. Following the incident Shell evacuated all 46 personnel working on the platform, of which two were injured. A 54-year-old male suffered from flash burns […]

  • VIDEO: Fire Island Inlet Dredging Program (USA)

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The big dredge has pipeline laid from the Democrat Point side of Fire Island Inlet onto the north side beaches and then running down to Babylon town beaches. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. There are plenty of floating pipes and work buoys associated with this worksite. The […]

  • Fire triggers alarm on Statoil’s platform in Norwegian Sea

    19 September 2016

    A fire alarm was activated on Sunday on board Statoil’s Åsgard B platform offshore Norway. Statoil-operated Åsgard field is located on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, around 200 kilometers off mid-Norway and 50 kilometers south of the Heidrun field. The entire Åsgard field development embraces a total of 63 production and injection wells drilled through […]

  • Fire hits Navy ship in Boston dry dock

    10 August 2007

    Firefighters battled through smoke and heat to quench a blaze early this morning in the bowels of a Navy ship in dry dock on South Boston’s waterfront. The fire in the steering gear room of the Sisler, a cargo ship, was reported just before 3 a.m., said fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald.

  • Fire Breaks Out on Board Greek-Flagged Ferry

    2 December 2014

    A fire broke out on board Greek-flagged ro-pax Ierapetra L on Saturday evening, November 29 while the vessel was heading for drydock  in Igoumenitsa for maintenance. The fire started in the vessel’s engine room, but was extinguished shortly after by the ship’s crew comprising of 23 members, Italian news site Brindisi Report writes. The ferry returned to port […]

  • Engine-Room Fire aboard Carnival Liberty, No Injuries

    8 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out aboard the Carnival Liberty, a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, on Monday while the ship was in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The cruise ship was carrying 3,346 passengers and 1,150 crew; however, as informed by the U.S. Coast Guard there were no injuries reported. At approximately 11:45 a.m. […]

  • Petrobras’ platform back online after leak, fire.

    1 August 2014

    A fire broke out Wednesday morning on a Petrobras-run oil production platform, off the coast of Brazil. According to the Brazilian oil workers union Sindipetro NF, the incident happened on the PNA-1 platform, in the Campos basin on July 30 around 11 a.m., during a welding work on the platform, located in the Namorado offshore […]

  • Cruise ship towed ashore as 700 escape fire

    7 May 2006

    A cruise ship with more than 700 people on board was towed ashore last night after a fire in an engine room left it adrift in the English Channel. Hundreds of passengers were roused in their cabins when fire broke out early yesterday morning, only hours after the Calypso sailed from Tilbury, Essex, on its […]

  • Fire-hit oil tanker released by Malaysia authorities

    2 May 2006

    A supertanker which was held by Malaysian authorities following a flash fire that killed four people has been released on Tuesday, the ship’s Singapore-based manager BW Shipping Managers Pte. Ltd. said. The 280,000-tonne Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Suva, which was on its way to the Middle East when the incident occurred on Sunday, was […]

  • Update: fire hits Prelude FLNG construction site

    8 July 2016
    Vessels

    Small fire at the Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in South Korea interrupted work at Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility leaving two workers in need of medical attention.

  • Fire breaks out at Prelude FLNG construction site

    8 July 2016
    Infrastructure

    A fire outbreak incident struck a construction site of Shell’s Prelude – the world’s largest floating LNG facility, being built in South Korea. In a statement to Offshore Energy Today, a Shell spokesman said: “Shell can confirm there was an incident on the Prelude construction site last week that led to a small fire. Emergency response processes […]

  • Livestock Carrier Catches Fire in Australia’s Port of Portland

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    A livestock carrier caught fire Tuesday evening while docked at the Port of Portland in Victoria, Australia, according to the local Country Fire Authority (CFA). The livestock carrier, identified as the Panama-flagged Awassi Express, was not carrying any livestock at the time of the incident. CFA was called to the port around 8 p.m. local […]

  • Tanker Fire at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard Still Active

    3 November 2016

    The fire is still ongoing at the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Pakistan following a series of explosions aboard an oil tanker on November 1, according to IndustriALL global union. The union added that up to 150 workers are still trapped inside the 1995-built tanker Aces, which supposedly ignited due to gas wielding processes undertaken during the dismantling […]

  • One Dead, Five Injured in Fire aboard Product Tanker off Shanghai

    4 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    One person died and five were seriously injured when a product tanker carrying 29,000 tons of diesel oil caught fire off Shanghai yesterday afternoon, according to local media. The 2009-built Ye Chi was carrying the oil from Jinshan to Singapore when the fire erupted, reportedly starting in the crew’s living quarters. Shanghai Search and Rescue Center […]

  • Fire Safety Onboard Ships Still Serious Concern

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Recent events have demonstrated that a fire onboard a ship can be potentially devastating and can seriously affect the safety of those on board. Preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety Systems, carried out between 1 September 2012 and 30 November 2012 in the Paris MoU region show that: 103 ships […]

  • Noble’s high‑spec drillship duo wins $620M US Gulf extensions with BP

    3 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The U.K.’s oil and gas major BP has prolonged the stay of two drillships in the Gulf of America (previously known as the Gulf of Mexico) from the fleet of the U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation.

  • Fire Breaks Out on Board US Car Carrier

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    A US-flagged car carrier suffered a fire on one of its decks on Tuesday night, June 2nd, the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency informed. The ship, which has been identified as Courage, reported the fire to the UK Coastguard at Dover Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre just before 10 o’clock Tuesday night. Crew members used an […]

  • RoPax Ferry Catches Fire off Isle of Wight

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    A car and passenger ferry operating between UK mainland and the Isle of Wight caught fire in the morning hours of Thursday, January 19, the UK Coastguard reports. At about 9.30 am local time Thursday the St Faith car ferry operated by WightLink contacted the UK Coastguard reporting a fire on their bridge wing port side. When […]

  • Pemex evacuates 97 workers after fire on platform

    25 January 2016

    Mexican oil company Pemex has evacuated workers from its Zaap E production platform in the Gulf of Mexico due to a fire outbreak on Friday. According to Pemex, the fire, now extinguished, occurred in the engine room of the platform, located in the Campeche Bay, offshore Mexico. Using three vessels, Pemex evacuated 97 workers that […]

  • High Costs Expected after Maersk Honam Fire

    15 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Line: Berthing and discharging of Maersk Honam to result in high extraordinary costs.

  • Meyer Werft: Norwegian Getaway Catches Fire (Germany)

    6 March 2013

    A fire leading to significant smoke formation broke out on a ship newbuilding Norwegian Getaway in the covered building dock II in Meyer Werft yesterday, March 5. At present the shipyard’s fire brigade and members of the Papenburg fire department are still in operation on the yard premises. The affected production areas and the shipyard’s visitors […]

  • Deepsea Atlantic rig fire incident under investigation

    10 January 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has confirmed that last week’s fire incident on board the Deepsea Atlantic rig is under investigation.  The rig is under a contract with the Norwegian oil company Statoil on the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The incident occurred last Wednesday. A spokesperson for the safety agency told Offshore […]

  • Fire Breaks Out on DEME’s Newbuild ‘Living Stone’

    16 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DEME Group’s multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’ caught fire during construction in a shipyard in Santurtzi, Spain, local media reports. According to reports, four working personnel and a security guard had to be treated for smoke inhalation. Reportedly, there was no need for them to be taken to the hospital and they were treated on site. […]