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  • MSC’s 23,000+ TEU Class Ships First to Get DNV GL FCS Notation

    25 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    DNV GL awards a new class notation to Mediterranean Shipping Company to mitigate fire risks on containerships.

  • One More Deal for GLDD

    9 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois, has been awarded a $23.4 million firm-fixed-price contract with options for Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, Fire Island Emergency Stabilization, Robert Moses State Park to Lonelyville Reach, with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. Fiscal […]

  • Two 25m Catamaran Ferries Delivered

    5 February 2014

    Incat Crowther today announced the launch of Red Hook I and Cruz Bay I, a pair 25m Catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Delivered by Midship Marine in Louisiana, these vessels follow on from the successful trio of UltraJet boats, also built by the yard to Incat Crowther’s […]

  • Cargo Ship Ablaze in Japan

    13 November 2015

    A fire broke out on board a Cambodian-flagged cargo ship Hong Yan while berthed in Kawasaki City, Japan. The fire started at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the cargo area of the 2,300 DWT ship, carrying a cargo of 1,500 tons of China-bound scrap metal, Kyodo News reports. According to report, the ship’s crew has been evacuated from […]

  • Autronica Completes First AutroSafe 4 Refit Project on Passenger Vessel (Italy)

    7 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Autronica Fire and Security AS has 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$155-million […]

  • Petronas Halts Production at Tukau Offshore Platform (Malaysia)

    13 June 2012

    Malaysia’s oil giant Petronas has halted production on its Tukau platform after the fire outbreak was reported on Monday morning, Reuters reports. The fire broke out at the Petronas operated Tukau B drilling platform, located approximately 30 kilometers offshore Miri, Sarawak. Five maintenance workers were injured. The five workers were immediately flown by a helicopter […]

  • Mech-Tool Engineering Delivers for Dudgeon

    25 May 2017

    Mech-Tool Engineering, a Teesside based product manufacturer and supplier of fire, blast and radiant heat protection systems has delivered a contract for Statoil’s GBP 1.5 billion Dudgeon offshore wind farm project.

  • Gibraltar opens LNG import facility

    7 May 2019

    Gibraltar has officially opened a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal that was recently completed by Shell and Gasnor, a Shell-owned unit.

  • Congressman Zeldin, USACE Officials Tour Smith Point

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    New York’s Congressman Lee Zeldin today joined Commanding General of the USACE Headquarters, Lieutenant General Todd Semonite, and New York District’s USACE Commander, Colonel Thomas Asbery, as they surveyed Smith Point County Park, following the emergency dredge of Moriches Inlet and the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway. An upcoming major milestone will be LTG Semonite’s final approval […]

  • Over 100 People Evacuated from Burning Ferry in Philippines

    3 September 2018

    Over 100 people evacuated from burning ferry in the Philippines.

  • MV Hansa Brandenburg Safely Arrives in Port of St Louis (Mauritius)

    30 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg reported that its container vessel MV “Hansa Brandenburg” has safely berthed in the port of St Louis, Mauritius after required permission from the authorities. Currently preparations are being made to start discharging containers. “Hansa Brandenburg” suffered from a fire on July 15 when transiting from Singapore to Durban. Experts of […]

  • South Korea to boost LNG use in power production, transport to cut pollution

    26 September 2017

    South Korea is looking to switch the coal-fired power plants currently under construction in the country to LNG-fueled turbines as it looks to cut down on pollution.

  • China’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering completed

    1 October 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) (CHI Shanghai) has completed China’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation by a shipbuilding and repair enterprise at a shipyard’s berth, marking a major milestone in the nation’s adoption of alternative marine fuels.

  • Two Dead after Tanker Explosion in Tuzla Shipyard

    29 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tanker explosion and fire at the Turkish Tuzla Shipyard took the lives of two workers, while 11 more were injured.

  • 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$ […]

  • UK Plans to Phase Out Coal Power Stations by 2025

    18 November 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    The UK government has announced plans to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. The government will consult early next year on when to close all unabated coal-fired power stations. Announcing the decision ahead of a speech which will set out a new direction for the country’s energy […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]