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  • A boat worth more than £1m has sunk after it caught fire at Preston Docks

    24 June 2007

    A boat worth more than £1m has sunk after it caught fire at Preston Docks. The Ocean Quest boat, which had been built by a group of local people over three-and-a-half years, caught fire late on Sunday night.

  • eCap Mobility wins DNV GL AiP for maritime application of Re-Fire fuel cells

    18 June 2020
    Certification & Classification, Technology

    Classification society DNV GL has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a concept of maritime Re-Fire fuel cell application, jointly developed by electric mobility solutions provider eCap and fuel cell technology developer Re-Fire Technology. The partnership was launched back in 2019 as the two companies decided to combine the technical and economic know-how for […]

  • MOL of Japan Conducts Table Top Drill on Grounding, Fire Involving LNG Tanker

    11 April 2012

    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the completion of a table top drill based on the scenario of a fire in the engine room of the MOL-operated LNG carrier Grand Mereyain Tsugaru Strait, resulting in the vessel running aground. The 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters also cooperated in the drill, one of a regular series of […]

  • US firm wraps up 180-day survey campaign offshore Mozambique

    6 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Florida-headquartered marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) has performed an environmental baseline survey (EBS) off the coast of Mozambique for what it says is a major oil & gas company. CSA’s project scope included water column profiling, environmental sampling, seafloor imaging, plankton net tows, sediment coring, biodiversity observations, passive acoustic monitoring of vocalizing […]

  • GALLERY: No oil spill risk from fire-stricken supertanker, Sri Lanka Navy says

    4 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Spreading of the deadly fire on board the Panama-flagged oil tanker MT New Diamond, which erupted on September 3, has been controlled, according to the Sri Lanka Navy, posing no risk of oil leakage from the vessel. The fire broke out after an explosion of a boiler in the main engine room of MT New […]

  • Fourth Tug on Its Way to Yantian Express

    15 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The third ocean-going tug arrived today to join fire-fighting activities involving burning containership Yantian Express.

  • With fire ‘greatly diminished,’ probe into oil tanker–cargo ship North Sea allision ongoing

    12 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A collision between a U.S.-flagged oil/product tanker and a Portuguese container ship in the North Sea, north of England, put both vessels on fire, which has since been brought under control.

  • South Korea: SK E&S fires up Paju LNG power plant

    3 February 2017

    SK E&S unit, Paju Energy Service, has started commercial operation of its 1,800 MW LNG power plant at Bongam-ri, Paju-eup, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.

  • Fire-stricken New Diamond taken under tow as narrow diesel patch emerges near the ship

    9 September 2020
    Environment, Vessels

    The Sri Lanka Navy has managed to extinguish the reignited fire on board MT New Diamond, and the tanker is now being towed further away towards safe waters by a tug, the navy said in an update.  The distressed oil tanker is currently about 37 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point. A narrow diesel oil patch […]

  • Storage Tank Ablaze near Port of Santos, Brazil

    3 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out on Thursday, April 2nd at Latin America’s largest fuel tank storage facility run by Ultracargo located near the port of Santos, Brazil. The firefighters evacuated the area and there were no victims reported, the company informed. “It is too early to say what caused the fire, which was limited to four tanks,” the company added. […]

  • Black smoke billows out as fire burns at oil tanker off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast

    11 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A seven-member crew has been evacuated and taken ashore after a fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker off the coast of Germany, however, efforts continue to put out the blaze.

  • Industry reacts: Starting gun fired for tidal to establish itself in the UK’s energy mix

    25 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The UK’s tidal energy industry has welcomed the government announcement of ring-fenced funding for tidal stream energy, deeming the move as ‘absolutely pivotal’ for reinstating the industry on its journey to large-scale power generation in the UK.

  • Seven-year gas supply deal is a go as Puerto Rico backs it up

    5 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    U.S. energy infrastructure player New Fortress Energy (NFE) has received the go-ahead for its multi-year gas supply arrangement with the government of Puerto Rico, which will allow it to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Caribbean nation.

  • $44 billion LNG project in Alaska pulls off hat trick deal as new partner enters the scene

    8 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Glenfarne Alaska LNG, a subsidiary of Glenfarne Group, has taken new steps to bring to life its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export development in Alaska by ironing out a strategic partnership with Korea’s POSCO International Corporation, a core member of the POSCO Group.

  • Eni fires up third production unit at Egypt’s giant Zohr gas field

    11 May 2018

    Italian energy giant Eni has brought up the third production unit (T-2) at its Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt. This will increase installed capacity to 1.2 bcfd, Eni said on Thursday. Zohr is now producing 1.1 bcfd in ramp-up, equivalent to approximately 200 thousand boed, of which 75,000 boed net to Eni […]

  • Oil & gas operator determined to find root cause of fatal fire incident on offshore platform

    1 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Safety

    Perenco has taken steps to get to the bottom of a fire incident, which took place at its offshore platform located off the coast of Gabon.

  • Russia: Coast Guard Patrol Ship Ural Being Repaired at Murmansk Shipyard Catches Fire

    9 February 2012

    On February 7th fire occurred on Coast Guard patrol ship Ural being repaired in floating dock of Murmansk Shipyard. Duty officer of Murmansk EMERCOM Dept received a fire signal at 10 am. Several fire trucks were dispatched to neutralize the fire; it was completely extinguished at 3.30 pm, press service of Murmansk EMERCOM told Central […]

  • Petrobras fires the starting gun on bid battle for two new Brazil-bound FPSOs

    2 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Petrobras has kicked off a new procurement process to secure two more floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels, which will be deployed in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin off the coast of Brazil.

  • Carbon capture and storage projects and U.S. debt ceiling deal come under fire

    2 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Earthjustice sees CCS as a lifeline that the fossil fuels industry can grab to extend the oil and gas industry’s reign on the energy throne.

  • iContainers: Shipping Industry Needs to Tackle Misdeclared Cargo in 2020

    15 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Onboard fires caused by misdeclared cargoes is a growing issue that needs to be addressed this year, iContaines says.

  • Vallourec hired for Shell’s deepwater project in Brazil

    31 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a contract with TechnipFMC for the supply of line pipes for a deepwater development offshore Brazil operated by Shell. The integrated contract covers over 20,000 tons of subsea seamless premium carbon-steel line pipes, intended for risers and flowlines, as well as anti-corrosive and thermal insulated coating services for […]

  • Raytheon and BAE Systems Successfully Test Fire DDG 1000 MK57 Vertical Launching System

    11 February 2007

    Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) Integrated Defense Systems and BAE Systems have successfully completed a restrained test firing of a Standard Missile-2 BLK IV MK72 rocket booster on the new MK57 Vertical Launching System missile launcher.

  • Aker Solutions Successfully Completes Major Gas Fired Power Project for TransCanada in North America

    22 November 2010

    Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Aker Construction Canada Ltd, with its joint venture partner, Burns & McDonnell Canada Ltd, has successfully completed the engineering, procurement and construction of the Halton Hills Generating Facility for TransCanada Energy Ltd. (TransCanada). Located in Ontario, Canada, this generating facility is part of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) initiative to help meet […]

  • Hapag-Lloyd Looking for Terminal to Offload Intact Yantian Boxes

    6 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hapag-Lloyd is searching for a terminal to offload undamaged containers from the fire-stricken Yantian Express.

  • Elengy says its two LNG terminals back online after fire at Fos-sur-Mer

    11 August 2016

    France’s Elengy, a unit of Engie, said Thursday its two LNG terminals in Fos-sur-Mer have restarted operations after a large fire ravaged land around the industrial zone located about 40km north-west of Marseille. Multiple wild fires whipped by high winds broke out near Marseille in southern France on Wednesday scorching thousands of hectares of land, burning […]