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  • Libyan Coast Guard Fires upon Tanker Suspected of Fuel Smuggling

    9 October 2017

    The Libyan Coast Guard has opened fire on a tanker suspected of smuggling Libyan fuel, the Coast Guard said on Saturday, October 7. The Comoros-flagged oil products tanker, identified as Goeast, is reported to have refused to obey instructions from the Coast Guard when approached on Friday while underway near Bukhamash, west of Zuwarah. The […]

  • Govt under fire over prison ‘mother ship’ plan

    3 August 2006

    The Federal Opposition has condemned a Government plan to hold illegal fisherman and asylum seekers intercepted in Australia waters for up to a month on a prison ship. Customs is searching for a vessel that can be converted to hold up 30 detainees and be armed with mounted machine guns. The ship will cost up […]

  • Novatek to fire up Yamal LNG’s train one in November

    21 September 2017

    Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, is set to start up the first liquefaction train at its Yamal LNG project in November. 

  • Santos GLNG fires up first gas turbine generator

    10 April 2015

    Santos GLNG said it has successfully started up the first of six gas turbine generators on Curtis Island, which together will provide permanent electrical power supply to its LNG plant.

  • NREL to fire starting gun for MECC 2022 in early April

    26 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Human Capital, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced it will start accepting applications for the 2022 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC) on 5 April 2021. Managed by NREL on behalf of U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), the competition encourages undergraduate and graduate students to unlock the power of the ocean, rivers, […]

  • Total fires up giant Egina FPSO offshore Nigeria

    3 January 2019
    Infrastructure

    French oil major Total has started oil production from its Egina field offshore Nigeria. Total started up production on December 29, 2018. 

  • Alfa Laval’s offshore fire water pump for North Sea platform

    22 November 2017
    Equipment

    Sweden’s Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an oil platform in the North Sea. The order, valued at 60 million Swedish crowns, comprises offshore fire water pumping systems to an unnamed offshore oil platform in the North Sea. “I am very pleased to announce this large order for our […]

  • One Injured and Three Missing after Tanoto Shipyard Fire (Singapore)

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. As Straitstimes reports, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) the Tanoto fire started from a tug boat and later spread to three other vessels that were […]

  • Subsea 7’s Ship on Its Way to Rotterdam After Fire

    20 January 2016

    Subsea 7’s pipelay vessel ‘Seven Waves’ is returning to the yard in the Netherlands for repairs after a fire on its lay assembly. Subsea 7 spokesperson confirmed to Subsea World News that the incident occurred during work in Brazil, and that “the vessel is returning to Europe for repairs, as they can be carried out more […]

  • Investigation launched after fire breaks out on North Sea platform

    23 June 2016

    An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out on CNR International’s offshore platform Ninian South located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Following reports of a fire on the North Sea platform, Offshore Energy Today reached out to the field operator seeking confirmation and further details on the incident. The company’s […]

  • Oil & Gas UK updates guidance on offshore fire & explosion design

    29 March 2018
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Oil & Gas UK on Thursday released an updated information setting out good practice in designing against fire and explosions on offshore installations Revisions to the document, developed by industry experts, will provide companies in the UK Continental Shelf with the most up to date good practice and guidance, Oil & Gas UK said in […]

  • CIC Campaign Highlights Need for Continued Commitment to Fire Safety Onboard

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Ships Solutions (WSS) Business Manager for Safety Dave Evans says that preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety Systems underline the need for shipowners to continue to be vigilant with regards to safety practices onboard. Evans says: “I am personally very pleased to see that the industry is starting to […]

  • Offshore safety watchdog launches investigation into West Phoenix rig fire

    8 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has launched an investigation into a fire which broke out on the West Phoenix drilling unit on Monday, November 5, 2018.

  • Pemex identifies workers killed in platform fire. Three still missing

    3 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

      Pemex has identified four workers killed in the Abkatun Alpha platform fire outbreak in Mexico’s Campeche Bay on Wednesday, April 1, 2014. In a statement issued yesterday, Mexico’s national oil company said that three of the deceased worked for Cotemar, and the fourth worker was a Pemex employee. Three workers are still missing; two employed by […]

  • New Zealand: RCCNZ Continues to Monitor Fishing Boat that Caught Fire

    13 September 2012

      All 43 crew of the 64m New Zealand fishing boat Amaltal Columbia, owned by Talley’s, have abandoned ship and been transferred to two other fishing vessels following a fire on board, approximately 70km north-east of Lyttelton Heads. A total of 39 members of the crew are now safely on board the Russian fishing vessel, […]

  • DEME: Fire-Stricken Living Stone Sustained Minor Damage. Works Resumed

    16 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    DEME: Living Stone sustained minor damage in yesterday’s fire.

  • Grimaldi RoRo Catches Fire after Being Hit by Truck in Brazil

    10 April 2019

    This is the second incident involving Grimaldi vessels this year.

  • Fischcon Fire Extinguishing Equipment Delivered for World’s Largest FLNG Project

    18 February 2013

    Fischcon has been awarded the contract to deliver the high capacity diesel driven fire extinguishing pump systems on board Shell’s Prelude project, the largest Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility ever built. Fischcon delivered these critical components in mid-January 2013. The complex vessel is under construction at high-tech offshore vessel builder Samsung Heavy Industries in […]

  • VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Saipem’s Rig Scarabeo 5 (The Netherlands)

    20 September 2013

    The drilling rig Scarabeo 5 cought fire this morning while at Keppel Verolme yard, the Netherlands, undergoing special survey works. According to the Dutch media, three workers have been injured in the accident. Reportedly, a gas leak caused the fire. The vessel, owned by Saipem, is chartered by Statoil for the North Sea drilling. [mappress] World Maritime […]

  • Update: Fire on Maersk Line’s Boxship Under Control, Ship Stable

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The fire on board Maersk Line’s Safmarine Meru containership is under control, with external firefighting operations concluded, Maersk Line said in an update. The fire broke out after Safmarine Meru collided with a German-owned container vessel Northen Jasper some 120 nautical miles East of Ningbo on May 7, 2016 while the 2006-built boxship was en route from Qingdao to Ningbo in China. As […]

  • Up to 100 dead after ferry catches fire on Lake Tanganyika

    6 June 2006

    Kinshasa/Nairobi – Up to 100 people were presumed dead following a fire on a ferry on the Congolese side of Lake Tanganyika in central Africa, reports said Wednesday in Kinshasa. The ferry was travelling south from Uvira to Kalemie with several tonnes of freight, including barrels of oil and petrol, when the engine caught fire, […]

  • Somali Pirates Exchange Fire with Armed Guards on board Cement Carrier

    24 January 2018

    Armed guards deter pirates from boarding a cement carrier in the Gulf of Aden.

  • ZIM Kingston catches fire, loses 40 containers in rough seas

    25 October 2021
    Environment, Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    ZIM Kingston, a Malta-flagged Panamax containership, lost about 40 containers overboard during heavy weather off the Strait of Juan de Fuca on 22 October.

  • Fire burns in hold of large ship docked in Long Beach Harbor

    17 March 2006

    LONG BEACH, Calif. Investigators are still working to put out a fire that broke out this afternoon in the hold of a large cargo ship docked in Long Beach Harbor. Tons of scrap metal are burning. The fire has spread smoke across the massive Long Beach Port area.

  • Europe’s first ammonia-fired power generation facility planned in Ireland

    5 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Centrica, a UK-based energy company, and Mitsubishi Power Europe, a power solutions brand of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development, construction and operation of Europe’s first-ever ammonia-fired power generation facility at Bord Gáis Energy’s Whitegate Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in Cork, Ireland. […]