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  • Bahria Town, K-Electric to build LNG-fired power plant

    9 March 2015

    Bahria Town and K-Electric entered an agreement to address Karachi’s power shortage issues by adding 500 MW to the power grid.

  • Fire Island Inlet Stabilization Project Remains Top Priority (USA)

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet stabilization project remains a high priority for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies are continuing to work together to expedite implementation of this large-scale and complex project. Over the past few days representatives from the Department of the Interior […]

  • Houston Ship Channel Reopens to Traffic after ITC Fire, Spill

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Daylight traffic through Houston Ship Channel restarted after being closed for nearly a week.

  • China fires up first offshore oilfield running on shore power

    1 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    CNOOC has boosted its low-carbon efforts by bringing online the first oilfield in the South China Sea, which is receiving power from shore.

  • Hercules Offshore’s Employee Awarded for Heroic Action in Nigerian Fire Incident

    30 July 2012

    Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced today that Hercules Offshore employee Captain Louis Dubois has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award for his actions during the previously reported emergency evacuation of the Mako, a 175′ class liftboat, off the coast of Nigeria as a result of a fire that originated aboard an adjacent […]

  • AER supply ltd. named exclusive distributor for BSCO fire suppression systems

    6 March 2009

    AER Supply Ltd. announced that it has been named the exclusive distributor for BSCO, Inc. Fire Suppression Systems for 13 states. “The BSCO product line is in high demand in both the OEM and aftermarket sectors,” said Rudolf Mes, general manager for AER Supply. “As part of our company’s strategic initiative, we have been rapidly […]

  • Investigation launched into fire incident on world’s 1st LH2 carrier Suiso Frontier

    4 April 2022
    Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    ABTS is investigating a fire incident onboard the world’s first LH2 carrier Suiso Frontier that took place on 25 January in Hastings.

  • Israeli Forces Detain Stowaway Trying to Set Cargo Ship on Fire

    10 June 2019

    The vessel was anchored near the Israeli coast at the time of the incident.

  • Oil workers sue Shell, Enbridge over platform fire injuries

    20 December 2017

    Three oil workers have reportedly sued Shell and Enbridge over alleged injuries sustained in a recent platform blast in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The three workers claim they sustained severe injuries and have asked for $1 million in damages, Reuters has reported. The incident happened on November 9, when a fire broke out on the […]

  • Update: Fire breaks out at Türkiye’s Iskenederun Port following devastating earthquake

    7 February 2023
    Green Marine, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    A large fire has been reported at the Iskenderun port in Türkiye, following the massive earthquake that rocked the Hatay province on Monday, February 6. Witness accounts and videos shared on social media show toppled containers with some of them ignited, sending a plume of dark smoke billowing into the air. Efforts to contain the […]

  • GDF SUEZ Commissions Gas Fired Power Generation Capacity in Middle East

    19 April 2013

    GDF SUEZ, together with its partners, has fully commissioned 3,217 MW of power generation capacity in the Middle East during the last month after three gas-fired power plants, Barka 3 and Sohar 2 in Oman as well as Riyadh PP11 in Saudi Arabia, reached commercial operation on schedule. The Group is the leading independent power […]

  • Sweden: Hellbergs International Launches New A60 Fire Rated Door

    6 June 2011

    Hellbergs has launched a new A60 fire rated door model, the Hellbergs M8-GD. The door model is a combination of our two door models Hellbergs M8-D and Hellbergs M8-G. Company uses the same sealing solution as for our model Hellbergs M8-G with proper adjustments made for a double leaf door. As standard the non-active door […]

  • Gallery: Fire Erupts After Boxship Hits Gantry Crane in Port Said

    3 May 2016

    A fire broke out at Egypt’s Port Said last night after a container ship hit a gantry crane while leaving the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), a source who wished to remain anonymous told World Maritime News. The crane’s boom collapsed onto several containers on the berth around midnight local time, May 2, triggering the fire, media reports state. Some sources indicate that […]

  • The Netherlands: Damen Delivers Fire Fighting Vessel 2406 Named Bremen 1

    9 May 2012

    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. […]

  • VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Scarabeo 5 Rig in Keppel Verolme Yard

    20 September 2013

    A fire broke out this morning on the Scarabeo 5 rig in the Keppel Verolme yard in the Netherlands.

  • Cable layer Responder sinks after catching fire off South Korea

    14 September 2020
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Cable laying ship Responder sank on the afternoon of September 12 Seoul time, west of southern tip of Tsushima island in East China sea off the coast of South Korea. The ship went down after more than 12-hour long firefighting campaign. According to local media reports, the sinking took place due to the flooding caused […]

  • Vietnam: Factories set on fire in response to China’s offshore rig deployment

    14 May 2014

    China’s deployment of an oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea has driven protests in Vietnam in which several foreign factories have been set on fire by protesters. According to Vietnamese media reports, thousands of workers in the country’s southern parts are staging violent anti-China protests, after Beijing earlier this month deployed the […]

  • USA: MIHI Receives Order for Firehawk 30 Aluminum Fire Rescue Boat

    24 August 2011

    Medina International Holdings, Inc has received an order for a 2012 Firehawk 30 Aluminum fire rescue boat from the Tinicum Township Fire Company, Pennsylvania, through its wholly owned subsidiary Harbor Guard Boats, Inc. Mr. Daniel Medina, CEO, stated that, “We are very excited to have received this order for our new 30′ Aluminum model. This […]

  • 12-Year-Old Girl Missing After Thai Ferry Catches Fire

    9 April 2015

    A 12-year-old Israeli girl is missing after a passenger ferry exploded and caught fire off Thailand’s town of Krabi yesterday, the National News Bureau of Thailand reports. The young girl was thought to have been in the toilet when the fire broke out on the ‘Ao Nang Princess’ ferry bound for Phuket, about an hour after […]

  • US LNG player Cheniere fires up Corpus Christi production

    15 November 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    US LNG player Cheniere said Wednesday it started producing liquefied natural gas from the first train at its Corpus Christi liquefaction and export terminal in Texas as the facility is preparing to ship its first-ever cargo of the fuel. As previously reported by LNG World News, the 170,000-cbm FSRU Golar Tundra, which is being used as […]

  • USA: GE Secures Credit Facility for Two Gas-Fired Plants

    29 August 2012

    Demonstrating its energy market expertise, GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has served as lead arranger of an approximately $107 million senior secured credit facility for two Illinois gas-fired peaker plants, managed by Tenaska Capital Management, LLC (TCM), an affiliate of Tenaska, one of the largest U.S. independent power producers. The transaction will allow TCM […]

  • Fire breaks out at Petronas’ gas pipeline in Sarawak; one fatality reported

    16 November 2022
    Infrastructure, Safety

    Malaysian energy company Petronas has confirmed that a fire incident occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline (SSGP) nearby Lawas, Sarawak. As informed, the incident occurred on 16 November and, according to local media reports, it is the first fatal incident at the SSGP. Based on the reports from Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sarawak operation […]

  • PSA: Fire on Petrojarl Knarr FPSO caused by design errors and faulty operation

    17 November 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of a fire on Petrojarl Knarr FPSO, located offshore Norway, during March 24, 2015. The safety watchdog has identified design errors and faulty operations of the HVAC system as a direct cause of the fire.  Petrojarl Knarr is a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) […]

  • Containers tumble into sea as fire-stricken X-Press Pearl lists starboard

    26 May 2021
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    X-Press Pearl, the feeder containership which continues to burn in Sri Lankan waters for the sixth day, has listed starboard causing some of the containers to tumble into the sea and sink. According to an update from the Sri Lanka Navy, the listing has been caused by rough seas and bad weather. As informed, the […]

  • Crew Escaped from Fishing Vessel Fire Off Saltfleet Haven (UK)

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Two crew escaped from their 11-metre fishing vessel “˜Hunter”™ after it caught fire off Saltfleet Haven, near Mablethorpe. Yarmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a 999 call at 18.51 from the crew of two brothers after they had taken to the life raft. The Coastguard immediately asked the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat from Mablethorpe and the […]