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  • China: Wang Tak Shipbuilding Delivers New RAnger 4600 Class Fireboat

    5 December 2011

    Recently, the new RAnger 4600 Class Fireboat, Guan Xiao Er Hao was delivered to the Dongguan Fire Services Department, China by the builder Wang Tak Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. This latest in the RAnger series of fireboats was designed by Naval Architects Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada. Guan Xiao Er Hao […]

  • Fincantieri Completes Refit of Carnival Sunshine

    7 June 2013

    Autronica Fire and Security AS have completed the first major refit project on a passenger vessel for its flagship AutroSafe 4 fire detection system. The refit of the fire detection system aboard Carnival Sunshine took place at the Fincantieri yard in Trieste, Italy, during April and May 2013. Called Carnival Destiny prior to its US$ […]

  • Dutch firm brings wave energy tech to US waters

    31 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The Netherlands-based Slow Mill Wave Power has deployed one of its wave energy test devices off the coast of Los Angeles, marking a significant milestone in the company’s efforts to expand into the U.S. market. The company said it spent the past months in California engaging with local stakeholders and industry partners to explore opportunities […]

  • United Response: Specially Trained Forces With Dedicated Equipment

    27 August 2014

    In June 2014 expert firefighters from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands boarded the Princess Seaways owned by DFDS Seaways where they were confronted with a fire on one of the cruise ferry’s car decks. Not to worry though, it was merely a large scale exercise held by MIRG-EU project which formed the […]

  • $34M vessel duo positions Marco Polo for Asian oil & gas and wind opportunities

    24 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine has added two new anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to its fleet.

  • Top News of the Week July 22- 27, 2013

    28 July 2013

      Fire Breaks Out on Hercules 265 (USA)   Fire on Hercules GoM Rig Not Yet Extinguished   Hercules 265 Evacuated After Well Control Incident in U.S. GoM   Aibel Signs LoI for FPSO Topside Contract   Chevron Awards Contracts for Alder and Rosebank Projects (UK)    

  • 18 Injured After Tanker Explodes in Manila Bay

    16 December 2016

    Eighteen crew members suffered injuries after a product tanker caught fire and exploded in Manila Bay, the Philippines, on Wednesday, December 14, according to local media. The product tanker, identified as the 2012-built M/TKR Reia Faye, was docked near the shore of Bataan and waiting for loading instructions from Petron Bataan Refinery when it reportedly suffered an engine […]

  • Avanti Accredited for Global Wind Industry Standard Trainings

    23 June 2014
    Human Capital

    Avanti Wind System announce that 4 of its existing trainers have now been accredited for The Global Wind Industry Standard (GWO) of Manual Handling, First Aid, Working at Heights and Fire Awareness by Lloyds. The company is now accredited to execute the following GWO best safety trainings: 4 hour Manual Handling 4 hour Fire Awareness […]

  • Five Killed in Sewol Search Helicopter Crash

    17 July 2014

    A search helicopter carrying emergency workers flying from the Sewol ferry disaster site crashed in a South Korean city of Gwangju, leaving five dead and one injured.   The helicopter was carrying fire-fighters who were returning to their base after spending past four days trying to find the remaining Sewol passengers, when it crashed into a […]

  • Chemical ship ablaze off Kerry coast

    10 April 2007

    A fire has broken out in the engine room of a chemical transport ship off the southwest coast of Ireland. The fire started at around 2:20am on the Maltese registered ship seven and a half miles north of Brandon Head.

  • K Line-operated car carrier obtains notation for safe EV transportation

    4 September 2024
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Car carrier Texas Highway, currently operated by K Line, has received a notation from ClassNK for its additional fire safety measures during marine transportation of electric vehicles.

  • Antwerp Port Hit by Heavy Explosion

    29 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    A heavy blast rocked the port of Antwerp on Friday when a solid waste storage bunker exploded at an industrial waste treatment plant, Antwerp’s fire department said. The blast originated in a tank containing solvents, while an adjacent warehouse, containing small quantities of stored chemicals, caught fire and burned down completely, the facility owner Indaver said. There […]

  • EIA: cheaper natural gas drives down electricity wholesale price

    12 January 2017

    Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs across the United States during 2016 were pushed down due to the low cost of natural gas.

  • TGS’ multi-year dataset across 13 US basins to bolster exploration and carbon storage plays

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

    Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has finished work on a 13-basin reservoir characterization project in the United States (U.S.), said to offer formation-level petrophysical interpretations to model reservoir performance and assess CO2 storage feasibility.

  • Eni begins next chapter of its giant Congo LNG project

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

    Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has kicked off the second phase of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project ahead of schedule off the coast of Congo, Africa.

  • Good progress on Skarv FPSO

    8 August 2008

    Engineering work carried out on the hull of the Skarv FPSO at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea is “excellent”, an inspection performed by Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has revealed. The PSA said it had carried out the audit to verify that BP Norge’s engineering of the Skarv facility complies with the […]

  • TenneT: Electricity Prices Decline in Netherlands, Germany

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    In 2014, the average price for a megawatt hour of electricity in the Netherlands amounted to 41 euros, down more than 20 percent from 52 euros in 2013, TenneT reported.  These developments mean that market prices in the Netherlands and Germany are gradually converging. Whereas prices were equal in both countries for 19 percent of […]

  • Freighter Ablaze off Surabaya

    30 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The crew of 19 was evacuated today from an Indonesia-flagged cargo ship that caught fire some 20 nautical miles north of Surabaya, Indonesia, close to the location of yesterday’s collision between an LPG tanker and a container ship, according to local media. Local authorities reportedly dispatched two tug boats to assist the crew. The vessel […]

  • Oregon DOE recommends South Dunes power plant approval

    15 October 2015

    The Oregon Department of Energy issued a proposed order to the Energy Facility Siting Council to grant the site certificate, allowing the siting, construction and operation of the South Dunes gas-fired power plant in Coos County.

  • Offshore workers lifted to safety in North Sea rig blaze

    18 March 2006

    Some 128 workers have been evacuated from the Shell-operated North Sea Tern Alpha oil platform after an electrical fire. The fire, said to have broken out in a gas generator at about 12:50 am Thursday, was brought under control shortly before 5 am.

  • Petrobras and Shell up their stakes in pre-salt oil projects offshore Brazil

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

    A consortium, consisting of Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras and Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered Shell, has secured additional equity in two pre-salt oil projects in Brazilian waters following an auction led by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA).

  • Hapag-Lloyd Declares General Average on Yantian Express

    28 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hapag-Lloyd has declared General Average on its fire-stricken containership Yantian Express.

  • LNG Alliance to construct LNG import terminal in Montenegro

    5 January 2022

    Singapore-based project developer LNG Alliance has partnered up with Montenegro’s state-owned power firm EPCG to look into LNG and power projects and a dedicated LNG import terminal in the Port of Bar.

  • QGC Awards Safety Contract to CPA Group, Australia

    12 June 2013
    Project & Tenders

    QGC Pty Limited has awarded a three-year incident response services contract in the Western Downs to Queensland company Corporate Protection Australia Group Pty Ltd (CPA Group). Under the A$27.5 million contract, CPA Group will provide a full-time fire and rescue team at each of QGC’s three main operational sites near Dalby, Chinchilla and Wandoan in […]

  • 18 Seamen Evacuated as Cargo Vessel Burns in Tonkin Bay

    3 February 2016

    A Mongolia-flagged bulk carrier South Star caught fire while moored in Tonkin Bay, Hai Phong, Vietnam, on February 2, according to local media. The fire, which started in the vessel’s accommodation area, was extinguished some two hours later by the local authorities. The incident caused significant damage to the 1985-built cargo vessel, and although the vessel […]