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  • 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 […]

  • Hong Kong: Search for Two Sailors Still Active after Tanker Explosion

    11 January 2019

    Hong Kong authorities still looking for two crew members after an Aulac Fortune explosion and fire.

  • Two Seriously Injured in Explosion aboard Tanker off Cyprus

    31 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Two crew members seriously injured in an explosion aboard chemical tanker off Cyprus.

  • 19 Evacuated as Ship Bursts into Flames

    18 February 2016

    The entire crew of 19 people was evacuated after their ship, the 2006-built general cargo vessel Lintas Belawan, caught fire on Thursday off Masalembu Islands in Indonesia, according to the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency. The fire broke out in the engine room and spread throughout the ship. Another vessel which was in the vicinity when the […]

  • DSME Shipyard in Flames

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Two workers died and seven were injured in a fire that broke out in a dry dock 8 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo Shipyard in Geoje at around 9 am local time today, according to local media. The injured workers were hospitalized and treated for smoke inhalation. The fire reportedly started while the workers were welding inside a hull […]

  • Hellenic Seaways Ferry Ablaze, One Dead

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    A dead body covered with severe burns has been found on the deck of a Hellenic Seaways ferry ablaze near Piraeus, Greece, the Hellenic Coast Guard informed.  The fire broke out earlier today on board the catamaran Highspeed 5 as it was moored for repairs at Ikonion, Piraeus. Shortly after as the fire spread a thick cloud of dark […]

  • USA: Jensen Maritime to Design ‘Super Pumper’ Fireboat for SFFD

    10 February 2012

    Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., a Crowley company, has been chosen to design a custom “super pumper” fireboat to enhance the City of San Francisco Fire Department’s (SFFD) marine fire fighting and response capabilities on water. This high-volume water and foam pumping NFPA Type II fireboat will feature six fire monitors and 26 manifold valves, allowing […]

  • Denmark: Charlotte Mærsk Crew Recieves An International Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea

    5 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      In connection with the IMO Council session last week, a panel decided to award the crew on board Charlotte Mærsk a diploma for special recognition of the brave efforts made during a fire on board their ship in 2010. The recognition was given in connection with the awarding of the “2011 IMO Award for […]

  • DNV: Ageing fleet drives surge in number of maritime incidents

    6 June 2025
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Maritime safety incidents rose by 42% between 2018 and 2024, driven mainly by risks linked to an ageing fleet and machine damage/failure, according to the report, ‘Maritime Safety Trends 2014-2024 – Preparing for future risks,’ by classification society DNV.

  • Video: Tanker Engulfed in Flames in Indonesia

    25 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    An oil product tanker named Srikandi 511 suffered a fire earlier today, which spread down river.

  • Nucore Opens Offshore Wind Season, Kicks Off Walney Extension Work

    24 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Oteac Ltd and HVAC & Refrigeration Engineering Ltd, part of the Nucore Group, have begun providing fire and gas detection and suppression services on the Walney Extension wind farm, which represents one in a number of the group’s recent offshore wind contracts.

  • Boxship Kamala Ablaze in East China Sea

    12 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A Liberia-flagged container ship caught fire around midnight, July 11, some 220 miles west of the Japanese island of Kuchinoshima in the East China Sea, according to local media. The duty officer of the fire-stricken 2,011 TEU Kamala sent out a distress signal to the Japanese Coast Guard shortly after midnight local time, July 12, reporting […]

  • Boxship Kamala Ablaze in East China Sea

    12 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A Liberia-flagged container ship caught fire around midnight, July 11, some 220 miles west of the Japanese island of Kuchinoshima in the East China Sea, according to local media. The duty officer of the fire-stricken 2,011 TEU Kamala sent out a distress signal to the Japanese Coast Guard shortly after midnight local time, July 12, reporting […]

  • MHI and Guacolda Energía sign MOU on ammonia

    7 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Guacolda Energía SpA, an independent power producer (IPP) in Chile, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power plant in Huasco, Atacama Region. The signing ceremony was held at the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery […]

  • Mammoet Salvage deals with burning tanker

    19 August 2009

    Mammoet Salvage, based in Schiedam, the Netherlands, has started the salvage operation of the Formosaproduct Brick. This product tanker, with a length of 228.5 meters, is on fire in the Straits of Malacca, 20 miles from Port Dickson, Malaysia. The tanker, carrying 58,000 tons of highly flammable naphtha, collided with the Ostende Max bulk carrier […]

  • Caribbean Fantasy Refloated, Towed to San Juan Harbor

    21 August 2016

    The 561-foot ferry Caribbean Fantasy was moored at Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor on Saturday as the authorities managed to refloat the vessel late on Friday by shifting sea state, the USCG said. A Unified Command team, consisting of the coast guard, Caribbean Fantasy’s owner Baja Ferries, and other agencies, is developing an assessment and disposal plan for potential hazardous and […]

  • New Research to Help Understand Future Coastal Changes (USA)

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A new resource about Fire Island, N.Y. is now at the fingertips of coastal managers, planners and the public that will be useful for understanding and predicting future change on the island. The United States Geological Survey created the public website that details a decade’s worth of research that focuses on changes to the beaches […]

  • China: Wang Tak Shipbuilding Delivers New Fireboat

    5 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Update: X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames after an explosion, crew evacuated

    25 May 2021
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Harrowing images have emerged this morning of the X-Press Pearl containership, engulfed in flames with thick, black smoke billowing from the vessel. The ship was hit by a fire on May 20th while at anchorage off Colombo harbour, Sri Lanka, and the local authorities have been working to extinguish it ever since. The situation seems […]

  • GLDD Scores Another Coastal Protection Contract

    17 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced yesterday the receipt of an award for a $23.4 million contract with an additional $11.2 million in options to construct a beach berm and dune at Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet, New York. Fire Island is a barrier island that helps protect back-bay communities along Great South Bay […]

  • MHI and Nusantara Power to accelerate decarbonisation of Indonesia’s energy systems

    23 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and PT. PLN Nusantara Power, a sub-holding of Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider PT. PLN (Persero), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commence three technical studies related to co-firing of less carbon-intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Nusantara Power. According to MHI, a pair of studies […]

  • Tanker Ignites in Houston Ship Channel, Waterway Closed

    6 September 2016

    A tanker fire which started in the early morning hours on September 6 has temporarily closed the Houston Ship Channel, according to the United States Coast Guard. Around midnight, a pilot aboard the 810-foot tanker, Aframax River, notified Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders that the tanker was on fire near the Intercontinental Terminals Company. It […]

  • Burning Car Carrier Abandoned off Philippine Coast

    17 June 2019

    The vessel caught fire late on Sunday.

  • DSME Shipyard in Flames

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Two workers died and seven were injured in a fire that broke out in a dry dock 8 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo Shipyard in Geoje at around 9 am local time today, according to local media. The injured workers were hospitalized and treated for smoke inhalation. The fire reportedly started while the workers were welding inside a hull […]

  • Humber Coastguard Rescues Crewman from ‘Norfolk Tern’ (UK)

    20 January 2014

    A crewman has been airlifted to hospital this morning after a fire on board a wind farm support vessel 4 nautical miles off Great Yarmouth. Humber Coastguard received a call from the vessel Norfolk Tern just after 8am reporting they had a fire in their starboard engine. They had managed to bring it under control, […]