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  • ABS Releases Guide for Improved Safety on Offshore Vessels

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore and marine industries, has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well as oceangoing vessels. “Protection against fires on board vessels and offshore installations is critically important,” says ABS Chairman and […]

  • Drewry: Misdeclared Cargo Fines Unlikely to Change Rogue Shippers

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Eight fire incidents occurred aboard ships carrying containers this year alone.

  • Vantage wraps up sale of deepwater drillship to TotalEnergies JV

    11 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling International has completed the sale of a vessel from its fleet to TEVA Ship Charter, its joint venture (JV) with France’s energy giant TotalEnergies.

  • New York fires $75 billion shot for Big Oil to foot the landmark climate ‘superfund’ bill

    30 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    As the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc across the globe, New York has taken decisive action to hold fossil fuel players accountable for their pollution effects by establishing a new climate fund, described as landmark legislation to strengthen the state’s climate endeavors and environmental protection laws.

  • CSL unveils hybrid self-unloader for offshore projects in Europe

    20 August 2025
    Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) has deployed its newest addition to the fleet, MV CSL Flexvik, an 18,003 dwt hybrid self-loading/unloading vessel.

  • New decarbonization milestone for Asian player as oil & gas assets benefit from solar panels

    15 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    PT Medco Energi Internasional (MedcoEnergi), an Indonesian-based energy and natural resources company, has achieved a significant sustainability milestone, slashing its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 1.5 million tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), compared to its 2019 baseline.

  • Norwegian safety body warns of faulty fireproof doors

    25 September 2017

    The Norwegian safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has informed of a circular letter to the industry which states that COSMO class A-0, A-60, and B-15 offshore cabin doors may have deficient insulation. PSA said on Friday that the deficiency concerned fire doors that are certified to MED (Marine Equipment Directive) modules B and […]

  • Salvage Operations Continue on MSC FLAMINIA in Mid Atlantic

    23 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fire fighting, salvage operations, continue on the abandoned container ship mid-Atlantic after last week’s cargo explosion Three tugboats with fire-fighting ability are now at the scene. After the arrival of the second firefighting tugboat, a party of four salvage specialists has boarded MSC FLAMINIA. The team was able to reactivate the ship’s own fire fighting system. […]

  • Firefighters injured in Florida vehicle carrier explosion

    5 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Several people were injured in an explosion on board Höegh Xiamen, a Norway-flagged vehicle carrier, near Blount Island, Jacksonville, USA, on 5 June.

  • BP boosts gas production from Mediterranean Sea as it fires up next chapter of giant project

    17 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    BP has brought online the second development phase of a field at the West Nile Delta (WND) concession in the Mediterranean within the Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

  • Avance Newbuilds Burning Again

    19 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Avance Gas Holding Ltd  has been informed that there has been another fire incident involving cargo tank no. 3 on board hull 1074 under construction at Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry shipyard in China. No casualties or injuries have been reported, and the cause of the fire and its impact is currently being investigated. This is […]

  • RoPax Ferry Bursts in Flames at Elefsis Port

    16 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A passenger/RoRo cargo ship caught fire while docked at the Greek port of Elefsis in the evening hours of July 14, according to local maritime authority. The RoPax ferry Evgenia P reportedly burst into flames while docked at the ”Kronos” area of the port. Hellenic Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat, and local Fire Service sent three firefighting […]

  • Go-ahead for Noble rig to spud North Sea hydrocarbon prospect this month

    11 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas player DNO, has secured a drilling permit, which will enable it to drill a well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant.

  • Dominion Plans to Convert Bremo Power Station from Coal to Natural Gas, USA

    14 September 2012

    Dominion Virginia Power is proposing to convert Bremo Power Station from using coal to natural gas as fuel to generate electricity. This would be the ninth company-owned, coal-fired power station announced in recent years with units to be closed or converted to alternative fuels. In its application filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), […]

  • Reefer Vessel Ignites in Spanish Port of Marin

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 1994-built reefer vessel Frio Antwerp caught fire in the afternoon hours of May 25 while it was unloading its cargo of 200 tons of frozen fish in the Spanish port of Marin, Pontevedra, local media reported. The fire reportedly originated from a forklift which was located in the third cargo hold aboard the vessel. Pontevedra’s fire department […]

  • Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Announce Signing of Project Finance Agreement for the Natural-Gas-Fired Power Stations in Mexico

    30 September 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (“TGC”) announced today that MT Falcon Holdings Company S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Mitsui: 70%, TGC: 30%) (“Falcon”) has signed a USD 750 million (approximately JPY 68 billion) project financing agreement on September 29 (US Eastern Daylight Time) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation and three commercial […]

  • Remains of Three Missing Mariners Found onboard Maersk Honam

    12 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    The remains of three out of the four missing crew members have been found on board the Maersk Honam containership.

  • Body Found on Ferry Ablaze off Hokkaido

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Japan Coast Guard has found a body inside the ferry Sunflower Daisetsu, presumed to be the 44-year-old Kunihiko Orita, a navigation officer who went missing after the Ro/Pax ferry caught fire on Friday, July 31, off Hokkaido. Orita was reportedly last heard via walkie-talkie at around 6 pm Friday. He was engaged in fighting the flames, saying in […]

  • IMO Okays Life Safety Performance Criteria Guidelines

    11 July 2017

    The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee has approved the Guidelines for the Selection of Life Safety Performance Criteria for use in Alternative Design and Arrangements for Fire Safety (SOLAS Regulation II-2/17). As explained, these guidelines are an important development in fire protection performance-based design. They provide engineers and regulators with a framework by […]

  • Ship Ablaze at Bay Shipbuilding

    14 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out on Friday evening on board a US-flagged self-unloader Alpena, undergoing a two-week maintenance at Bay Shipbuilding Co, a Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin-based shipbuilding arm of Fincantieri. Four people were injured during the firefighting activities, two shipyard workers and firefighters, Fox news reported, and the vessel sustained severe damage to its superstructure. According to Sturgeon Bay […]

  • Iron Chieftain Leaves on Final Journey for Turkish Scrapyard

    27 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Bulker Iron Chieftain, which suffered a major fire in 2018, left Port Kembla for its final resting place in Turkey.

  • RoPax Ferry Bursts in Flames at Elefsis Port

    16 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A passenger/RoRo cargo ship caught fire while docked at the Greek port of Elefsis in the evening hours of July 14, according to local maritime authority. The RoPax ferry Evgenia P reportedly burst into flames while docked at the ”Kronos” area of the port. Hellenic Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat, and local Fire Service sent three firefighting […]

  • Maritime majors complete NH3 co-firing test using 4-stroke NH3-fueled engine

    16 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vessels

    A maritime consortium involving NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, Nihon Shipyard, Japan Engine Corporation and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced that the world’s first four-stroke ammonia-fueled (NH3-fueled) engine has completed a land-based test for the stable combustion of fuel ammonia having an 80% co-firing ratio as part of a demonstration project for the commercialisation […]

  • Maersk’s security team fires back on Houthi in Red Sea, thwarts boarding, prompting another operational pause

    31 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Just days after announcing its gradual return to the Red Sea, global cargo shipping giant Maersk finds itself at the center of escalating tensions as its vessel, the Maersk Hangzhou, becomes the target of a missile and small boat swarm by Yemen’s Houthi Group. The assault occurred approximately 55 nautical miles southwest of Al Hodeidah, […]

  • World’s biggest maritime cargo carriers join Safetytech accelerator

    22 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Some of the world’s biggest maritime cargo carriers are joining forces with the world’s first industrial safety technology accelerator to launch an innovation initiative to reduce cargo loss at sea. The companies joining the accelerator are Evergreen Line, HMM, Maersk, the Offen Group, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Seaspan as well as Lloyd’s Register. The aim […]