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  • LR publishes fire loadings and protection guidance notes for offshore industry

    26 August 2014

    Offshore fire risk requires a deep understanding and improved safety management on offshore vessels and installations, and ocean-going vessels. The new Lloyd’s Register Energy Guidance Notes, launched at ONS 2014, assist designers, owners and operators of oil and gas equipment on how to assess fire loadings on an installation, and how to protect people and […]

  • Update: MOL Prestige Fire Put Out, Extent of Damage Unknown

    5 February 2018

    The fire that broke out on MOL Prestige boxship on February 1, has been extinguished.

  • Asphalt Carrier Suffers Engine Room Fire off New York

    20 December 2018

    Asphalt carrier Amber Bay was disabled by an engine room fire off New York, on December 19.

  • 198 Containers on Board Fire-Stricken Yantian Express a Total Loss

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    A total of 198 containers have been identified as a total loss due to the fire on board Yantian Express.

  • Cable Layer Ile de Sein Delayed After Fire in Hawaii

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    A cable-laying vessel ‘Ile de Sein’ caught fire on May 4 while it was docked in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to reports, the fire started from the generators compartment. Namely, fire works inflamed cables in one of the diesel generators and fire extended to the two vessel. The fire broke out at around 19:30, after which local […]

  • Brittany Ferries’ Ship Hit by Engine Room Fire off France

    29 April 2019

    Pont-Aven caught fire off the French coast in the early morning hours of April 29.

  • Three Crewmen Rescued after Vessel Caught Fire in North Sea

    14 January 2014

    Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea. Humber Coastguard coordinated the rescue operation after the crew abandoned the ECC Topaz 10 nautical miles east of the town. The vessel had been heading out to service a windfarm when the blaze struck just before 1pm. […]

  • Update: Pemex Oil Rig Fire Contained, Platform Still Standing

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The fire that was raging since early Wednesday morning on a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, has been extinguished, Pemex said on its official Twitter account. Mexican oil giant denied claims that the Abkatun Permanente platform had collapsed, saying that it still stands on its feet. The company tweeted the following image saying it […]

  • Eni: One dead after platform catches fire offshore Congo

    2 December 2016

    Italian oil company Eni has informed that on Thursday, December 1, 2016, a fire occurred on the Foukanda platform, located offshore the Republic of Congo, causing a death of one person.   According to Eni, the platform was immediately evacuated and the fire was extinguished by the emergency teams, bringing  the situation under control in […]

  • Fire on Russian tanker at Kaliningrad Jivanna shipyard Yantar put out

    6 April 2006

    Fire on the Russian tanker Jivanna at the Kaliningrad shipyard Yantar has been localised and extinguished, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry

  • Puerto Rico’s Push for Jones Act Exemption Under Fire

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The recently proposed five-year plan that would allow non U.S.-flagged ships to transport cargo between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico would undermine or possibly even sabotage this indebted unincorporated U.S. territory’s assistance package, according to Tom Allegretti, American Maritime Partnership Chairman. The restructuring plan, released by Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla, suggests that Jones Act, the […]

  • Puerto Rico’s Push for Jones Act Exemption Under Fire

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The recently proposed five-year plan that would allow non U.S.-flagged ships to transport cargo between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico would undermine or possibly even sabotage this indebted unincorporated U.S. territory’s assistance package, according to Tom Allegretti, American Maritime Partnership Chairman. The restructuring plan, released by Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla, suggests that Jones Act, the […]

  • BP fires up Thunder Horse South Expansion project

    23 January 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Oil giant BP has started up the Thunder Horse South Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget.   The company stated on Monday the project is expected to boost production at the facility by an estimated 50,000 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day, further […]

  • Wärtsilä to deliver natural gas-fired power plant to Argentina

    21 November 2016

    Wärtsilä of Finland has been contracted to supply a 101-MW power generation plant to Pampa Energía in Argentina, featuring multi-fuel engines running on natural gas and heavy-fuel oil.

  • Wartsila to supply engines for Indonesian gas-fired power plant

    28 June 2017

    Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide engines for PLN’s peaking power plant in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia. The national utility PLN has appointed a consortium between PT WIKA and TSK Electronica Y Electricidad S.A. to deliver the power plant. The power plant will be powered by 13 Wärtsilä 50SG engines, operating on natural gas […]

  • Souped-up ship to replace ailing Hub fire boat

    16 January 2006

    The 30-year-old boat called

  • Hutchison Ports Australia Fires 100 Dockworkers via Email

    7 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Hutchison Ports Australia, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, closed its Sydney and Brisbane terminals and stopped all activities after sacking around 100 out of its 224 dockworkers via an email sent around midnight August 6, local time. Local police have been brought in to watch over the Hutchison workers picketing outside the company’s terminal […]

  • VIDEO: Fire erupts on Grimaldi ferry off Italy, hundreds evacuated

    18 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A fire broke out onboard an Italian-flagged roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) passenger ship off the Greek Ereikoussa island in the early morning hours of 18 February 2022.

  • Damen Shipyards Delivers New Fire Fighting Vessel to Bremen, Germany

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Damen Shipyards has recently delivered the ‘Bremen 1’ to the City of Bremen (Germany) to replace its 1975-built predecessor. Both the local police force and the fire brigade will use the Damen Fire Fighting Vessel 2406 (FFV) for emergency response. The police will patrol the Port of Bremen and the Weser River with the newbuild. […]

  • Three fatalities confirmed in the wake of tragic fire at offshore oil platform

    29 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Safety

    The death toll has climbed to three people after two workers succumbed to injuries in the aftermath of a fire, which happened on a deepwater oil platform off the coast of Angola, operated by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron.

  • GPC Fires Back at Fishermen Complaining About Diseased Fish (Australia)

    24 November 2011

    The Gladstone Ports Corporation has fired back at fishermen complaining about diseased fish in its harbour, saying it’s part of a campaign… By Brian Williams (couriermail) [mappress] Source: couriermail, November 24, 2011; Image: westernbasinportdevelopment

  • Jera acquires stake in New York gas-fired power project

    27 January 2017

    Japan’s Jera, the joint company of Tepco and Chubu Electric and the largest importer of LNG, acquired a stake in a natural gas-fired thermal power generation project in New York State.

  • Fire Breaks Out on MV Amsterdam Bridge off Mumbai Coast

    10 September 2012

      The merchant vessel MV Amsterdam Bridge caught fire on Sunday afternoon, at approx. 15:30, off the Mumbai coast, Business-Standard reports. The 54,405 tonne vessel was going to Colombo from Mumbai and was allegedly carrying hazardous cargo. The crew of the vessel is believed to be safe according to Indian Coast Guard officials. It is […]

  • ‘Eye of fire’ near Pemex Gulf of Mexico platform put out

    3 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    A fire on the ocean surface dubbed the “Eye of fire” that broke out early on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico near Pemex’ Ku Maloob Zaap oil development was put out.

  • One seafarer dead after fire breaks out on MSC boxship

    29 June 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    While en route from Colombo to Singapore, MSC Messina, a containership operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), caught fire that left one crew member dead.