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  • Update: Port Metro Vancouver Operations Resume, Fire Put Out

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    DP World, operator of Centerm container terminal and the Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services managed to extinguish the fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the shipping container at Centerm just before 8:00 pm on Thursday, Port Metro Vancouver said in an update. Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services has confirmed there is no further risk to the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Williams Shuts Down Wyoming Gas Facility After Explosion and Fire

    24 April 2014

    Williams Partners, reported an explosion and fire at approximately 2 p.m. Mountain Time at their natural gas processing facility in Lincoln County, Wyo., near the town of Opal. There were no reported injuries or damage to property outside the facility, the company said in a statement. The facility was immediately shut down and emergency procedures […]

  • Fire Breaks Out aboard Russian Cargo Ship, One Dead

    10 August 2014

    Russian cargo ship Sea Champion caught fire on Thursday night,  August 7 in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). The fire was reported in the ship’s engine room, however the crew managed to contain it, preventing its further spreading. Unfortunately, one crew died in the fire. According to Far Eastern basin emergency-rescue department, the dry […]

  • UPDATE: MS Westerdam Returns to Port after Boiler Room Fire

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    A fire in the boiler room aboard a Holland America cruise ship, the MS Westerdam, sailing with over 2,900 people onboard has caused the cruise liner to return to port in Seattle, according to the U.S. Coast Guard officials.   “At approximately 5:15 p.m. local time on June 28, a small fire occurred in one […]

  • Fire-stricken Fremantle Highway safely reaches port of refuge in Eemshaven

    4 August 2023
    Green Marine, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The freighter Fremantle Highway has successfully arrived at the quay in Eemshaven, putting an end to its tumultuous journey after experiencing a fire onboard on July 25. The tug trip to the harbor was executed flawlessly, with no reported issues or complications. The journey of the fire-damaged freighter Fremantle Highway to Eemshaven commenced in the […]

  • Main generators fired up on Ichthys two offshore facilities

    9 September 2016
    Project & Tenders

    The Inpex-led Ichthys LNG Project has reached a milestone with both its Central Processing Facility (CPF) and Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit starting up their main power generators in the South Korean shipyards where they are being constructed. Inpex informed on Friday that, in the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, the CPF’s […]

  • Saipem joins Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization

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

    Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has become an associate member of Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO), an organization focusing on the practical application of new nuclear solutions in the maritime industry.

  • Kinder Morgan restarts Elba Island LNG units after fire

    22 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    U.S. energy company Kinder Morgan is restarting two of the three liquefaction units shut after a fire earlier this month at its Elba Island liquefied natural gas export plant in Georgia. Unit 3 began the restart process late Tuesday and Unit 1 is expected to begin the process by the end of the week, Reuters […]

  • ABS Introduces Industry’s 1st Guide to Tackle Containership Fire Issue

    11 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    ABS’s guide is addressing firefighting and safety systems of cargo holds of container vessels.

  • CSD Jonathon King Boyd Catches Fire at Port O’Connor VIDEO

    18 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a gas pipeline fire near Port O’Connor, TX, on Tuesday evening. The Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi received a mayday call from the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Jonathon King Boyd, owned by RLB Contracting Inc., which was on fire after hitting a gas pipeline while conducting dredging operations. All crewmembers aboard the CSD were […]

  • MOL’s car carrier catches fire in Atlantic, crew members safe

    17 February 2022
    Vessels

    Felicity Ace, the 6,400 CEU car carrier operated by Japanese shipping major MOL, caught fire while crossing the Atlantic Ocean near Faial Island in the Azores.

  • Pirates fire upon Stolt-Nielsen’s chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden

    18 May 2020
    Safety, Vessels

    A Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker sustained minor damages over the weekend after armed guards aboard Stolt Apal and pirates engaged in a brief gun battle while the vessel was underway in the Gulf of Aden. Confirming the incident to Offshore Energy, Stolt-Nielsen said that bullets damaged the ship’s bridge, however, no injuries were reported. The UK-flagged […]

  • Fire on Petrobras’ offshore platform injures two workers, halts output

    22 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned company, has reportedly stopped output at its P-56 offshore platform in the Campos Basin off Brazil after an explosion started a fire and injured two workers.  According to Reuters, the explosion happened on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in the Marlim Sul field and left two workers injured. Reuters further reports that one of […]

  • NOC: Fires at Libya’s Ras Lanuf and Es-Sidra Terminals Extinguished

    11 January 2016

    Fires raging at Libyan two major oil ports Ras Lanuf and Es-sidra were extinguished on January 8th, the country’s National Oil Co. said. At least five oil tanks were set on fire in a rampage launched last week by the Islamic State militants within attempts to seize the country’s oil assets. According to Mohamed al-Manfi, an oil official […]

  • MSC-chartered boxship suffers engine room fire in Panama Canal

    31 January 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    A fire broke out in the engine room of the container vessel Cape Kortia on Monday morning, 30 of January, while the vessel was moving towards the PSA port in the Pacific, the Panama Canal reports. The New Panamax container vessel (11,010 TEU), built in 2017, is owned by Costamare from Greece and operated by […]

  • 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.

  • Four people evacuated after fire on Cook Inlet gas platform

    3 October 2014

    A fire that broke out Thursday morning on board a natural gas production platform in Cook Inlet, near Niksiki, has been brought under control. The fire on Hilcorp’s Baker platform was reported to the Coast Guard’s Anchorage office at about 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. All four people aboard the platform were safety evacuated, the U.S. Coast […]

  • India: Major Fire Near Engine of Scrapped Ship Khalijia III

    15 November 2011

      A major fire broke out on the controversial ship MV Khalijia III on Monday afternoon and took three hours to be doused… (ExpressIndia) [mappress] Source: ExpressIndia, November 15, 2011

  • EIA: Projected Growth in Gas-Fired Generation Influenced by Resource Availability

    13 June 2014

    Different scenarios of natural gas resource availability in the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2014, Reference case, High Oil and Gas Resource case, and Low Oil and Gas Resource case affect the growth of natural gas-fired electric generation. As increasing amounts of natural gas become economically available to the power sector and onsite generators, gas-fired electric […]

  • 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

  • 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. […]

  • The United States’ Only Heavy Icebreaker Catches Fire off Antarctica

    1 March 2019

    A fire broke out on board the USCGC Polar Star off Antarctica on February 10, 2019.