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  • Fire Erupts on board Cidade de Maricá FPSO

    16 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out today on board the Cidade de Maricá FPSO platform.

  • Sontum wins fire safety equipment deal with Statoil

    26 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Sontum Fire & Safety, a division of Align, has been awarded a frame agreement for the supply of products and services related to fire safety equipment on all Statoil’s offshore installations and onshore facilities. According to company’s statement, the contract is expected to give Sontum an additional annual turnover of about NOK 90 million ($11.48M) through […]

  • IUMI Calls for More Action to Tackle Containership Fires

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Two recent onboard containership fires have fueled concerns from International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) over the challenges involved with managing these incidents at sea as seafarers are being asked to tackle onboard fires with inadequate equipment. The two recent containership fires which raised concerns involve the 2015-built NNCI Arauco which ignited during welding operations on September 1 while the ship was in […]

  • 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 […]

  • VIDEO: Fire Island Inlet Dredging Underway (USA)

    16 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project and the opening of the window for the public to submit written comments regarding it. The proposed Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet project calls for […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • NextGeo expands into new regions via acquisition of share in 61-year-old Italian firm

    22 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of 75.4% of the share capital of a compatriot subsea services company established in 1964, thereby expanding its operations into the Mediterranean and West African countries and broadening its range of services. The transaction involves the acquisition of 75.4% of the […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Wind Turbine Fire Protection Study

    18 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    RenewableUK has responded to research into fire protection, entitled “Overview of Problems and Solutions in Fire Protection Engineering of Wind Turbines”. The report aims to look into incidences of fire within wind turbines, highlighting that the main cause is lightning strikes.The authors have therefore chosen to draw their conclusions from data reported in newspapers and on […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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

  • Fire breaks out at Petrobras’ Campos Basin oil rig

    22 April 2025
    Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Dozens of workers have been treated for injuries following an explosion and a fire on an oil platform off the coast of Brazil operated by the state-owned energy giant Petrobras.

  • Vessel Fire Claims Six Casualties in Durban Port

    15 February 2019

    SAMSA: Six people have lost their lives in a vessel fire at the Port of Durban.

  • 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 […]

  • Engine room fire disables Cap Jackson containership

    4 August 2020
    Vessels

    The Panamax containership Cap Jackson reported a fire in the auxiliary engine room early July 29, 2020, while getting ready to transit Panama Canal. The crew members are reported to be safe and there have been no injuries reported. The crew is checking temperatures of all areas and are continuously monitoring the situation. The 4,600 TEU […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 Threatens on Seismic Vessel Off Norwegian Coast

    10 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Emergency crews scrambled Sunday night after fire broke out in the accommodation section of a Russian seismic vessel 70 nautical miles… (newsinenglish) [mappress] Source: newsinenglish, October 10 , 2011    

  • BP and Altera investigating fire incident on Foinaven FPSO

    5 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Safety, Vessels

    Non-essential workers on an FPSO vessel located on BP’s Foinaven field off the UK have been evacuated following a fire incident.

  • 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.

  • 509 Oil Rig Fire Outbursts since 2006

    22 April 2010

    Nine major oil rig fires have killed at least two people and seriously injured 12 since 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico, a lonely, high-risk… Source: Houston Chronicle ,April 22, 2010

  • Fire breaks out on Shell facility in North Sea

    28 November 2007

    A small fire broke out on Shell’s North Cormorant platform in the early hours of today. It was quickly extinguished and there was no need for any of the 106 staff onboard to be evacuated from the North Sea facility.

  • 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 […]