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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Deepwater Horizon Fire: 11 Workers Still Missing

    22 April 2010

    At approximately 10 p.m. (CST) Tuesday night, an explosion rocked Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the search continues for 11 workers still missing following what could be one of the nation’s deadliest offshore drilling incidents of the past half-century. Seventeen people were […]

  • Wärtsilä to deliver gas-fired power plant to Myanmar

    2 July 2018

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the generating equipment for a new gas-fired power plant needed to alleviate the shortage of electricity in Myanmar.

  • 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 […]

  • Fire aboard Indonesia-Flagged General Cargo Ship

    30 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out on Indonesia-flagged general cargo ship Caraka Jaya Niaga III-7 while the ship was anchored near Gresik Port, Indonesia, on Thursday, Tribun News writes. The fire is believed to had started while the crew were doing welding work in the engine room, from which the sparks spread to the stern and the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fire Breaks Out Aboard Ventura Cargo Ship

    21 December 2015

    A fire broke out in one of the cargo holds of the general cargo ship Ventura as the ship was about to enter the Kiel Canal on Friday, German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said. The ship was on its way from Liepaja, Latvia to Brunsbütte transporting beet pulp when the smoke started billowing from one of its […]

  • Hapag-Lloyd’s Boxship Hit by Fire Reaches Bahamas

    6 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hapag Lloyd’s ship, which suffered a fire last month while en route to Halifax, has arrived in the Bahamas.

  • Fire Onboard MV Hansa Brandenburg Under Control

    22 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ship management company Leonhardt & Blumberg reported that salvage experts of Five Oceans Salvage LTD & SMIT Salvage BV have boarded her container vessel MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” and have been able to successfully control the fire onboard the ship. Firefighting experts have initially focused on the worst affected area in one of the ship’s container […]

  • Explosion and fire injures two in Petronas’ Pengerang complex

    12 April 2019

    A fire and explosion took place at on Friday, April 12, at the oil and gas Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) in Johor, Malaysia.

  • Photos: Spanish Bulker Hit by Engine Room Fire

    12 September 2017

    A fire broke out on board a Spanish-flagged bulk carrier Bahia de Alcudia on Monday, September 11 while the ship was in the Port of Tarragona, Spain. The fire, which erupted in one of the boiler’s in the ship’s engine room, was extinguished by Spanish Maritime Safety Agency on the same day, the agency said. The […]

  • 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 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Norway: Fire at Huldra Platform Extinguished, Statoil Says

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    At 14.30 today a fire was reported in an air compressor compartment on the Huldra platform in the North Sea, which is situated west of Mongstad. The fire was extinguished at 14.50., Statil announced on its website. None of the 19 persons on board the platform were injured in the incident. Huldra has been developed […]

  • Fire Breaks Out at Petrobras’ Platform. Two Injured

    29 December 2013

    Two workers were injured Thursday after a fire broke out on a Petrobras-operated floating production platform at the Marlim field in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. Petrobras said that the workers sustained light injuries. One of the workers on the platform sprained his ankle, and another one inhaled smoke. Production from the platform, the P-20, has […]

  • Pemex Works on Leveling Fire-Stricken Tanker Burgos

    28 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    After the fire aboard the 40,263 dwt tanker Burgos was extinguished, the operator of the vessel, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company Mexican Petroleums (Pemex), launched the works on leveling the ship. The efforts in this second phase of operation on the tanker continued in the port area, where the vessel is currently located. A fence was placed with marine barriers surrounding […]

  • Petronas’ Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Catches Fire

    11 June 2014

    The Petronas-owned Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline (SSGP) in Bukit Beriwan caught fire on June 10, Bernama reports. Lawas Fire and Rescue station chief Mohd Shamlie Radae, who led the rescue operation with five personnel and two engines, said a call was received from the public at about 1.58 am. “We contacted Petronas to inform of the […]

  • Marine carbon removal gains momentum with launch of new coalition

    22 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A new coalition uniting private companies, non-profit organizations and academic institutions to support the “responsible” growth of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) has officially been launched. As disclosed, the Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Coalition (mCDR Coalition), launched on August 21, will seek to inform and push forward research, support evidence-based policy engagements, and build relationships […]