10000 results found for 'fire'

10000 results found for 'fire'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • IUMI Calls for Better Firefighting Systems aboard Boxships

    19 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    With the growing size of container vessels concerns arose that current firefighting provisions are insufficient. Amid a recent spate of fires on board these ships, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published a position paper calling for better on board firefighting systems for container vessels. Recent examples include fires on NNCI Arauco (9,000 TEU) in […]

  • 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.

  • USA: Navy Provides Updated Repair Cost Estimate for USS Miami

    23 August 2012

    The Navy’s revised cost estimate to restore USS Miami (SSN 755) is approximately $450 million, with an estimated date of completion for the repairs of April 30, 2015 officials announced Aug. 22. The estimate includes 10 percent variability due to the unique nature of the repair and the cost impacts of shifting the planned maintenance […]

  • 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 […]

  • New order fires starting gun on next LNG-carrier-to-FLNG conversion work with $2.2 billion budget

    18 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Golar LNG is pooling resources with China’s CIMC Raffles and Black & Veatch to bring to life an MK II floating LNG (FLNG) vessel with an annual liquefaction capacity of 3.5 million tons of LNG per annum (mtpa).

  • U.S. govt’s new offshore leasing proposal comes under fire from oil & gas industry and environmentalists

    5 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Recently proposed U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing program is facing opposition not only from environmentalists but also from the industry.

  • Chemical Spill Scare at Oakland Port

    21 August 2015

    The hazardous materials unit of the Oakland Fire Department responded yesterday to an acid spill from a shipping container at the Port of Oakland. As informed by the fire department, the 40-foot shipping container was leaking corrosive materials of HazMat 1, 2, 3, E3 types. The container sprung a leak of about 100 gallons of a […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • PSA audits Statoil’s Gina Krog development project for barrier management

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Between 18 February and 7 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s work to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for barrier management in the Gina Krog development project. The objective of the activity was to audit Statoil’s own management system for ensuring compliance with the regulatory requirements for […]

  • 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.

  • Bechtel completes another segment at Cheniere’s Texas LNG plant

    12 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    U.S. energy player Cheniere Energy has achieved substantial completion of the second train of the development stage of its LNG facility located on the La Quinta Ship Channel, along the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay in Texas.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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$ […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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)    

  • South Korea revises electric vessel code as part of green maritime push

    30 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) has revised the standards for electric vessels in order to facilitate further construction and adoption of units fitted with various electric propulsion solutions. According to the Ministry, there are currently around 50 electric-powered units, including hybrid vessels, in operation in South Korea. The deployment of the ships […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]