At 03:39 local time this morning the 308 foot (94m) tanker Long Qing 1 with approximately 3000 tons of fuel on board collided with a sand barge about 1.5 nautical miles southeast of the Yangtze River Estuary lightboat in Shanghai, China. The Collision resulted in a major fire on board of tanker...
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Video: Explosion In Iran Sets Fire On 7 Ships At Port, No Casualties Reported
In what seems to be the latest target of serial explosions and fires around Iran, 7 ships at the Bushehr Port caught fire on Wednesday, 15th July 2020 causing to address the possibility of enemy sabotage strongly. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Images published by the IRNA news agency show how the fire led to dense black smoke blanketing the skies, with fighters trying to curb the clouds of smoke at the shipyard that is located at 720km on the south of Tehran. No deaths have been...
Tanker Catches Fire Near Strait of Hormuz
A fire broke out on board a VLCC tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, although reports indicate that the fire started during maintenance work and no foul play suspected. UAE officials report that the fire started on the Panamanian-flagged ship as it was about 21 miles off the coast of...
Injuries Reported After Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday during maintenance work in Russia’s Arctic port in Murmansk, and two soldiers were injured, Russian news agencies cited the defense ministry as saying. The ship was successfully evacuated, the...
Fire Erupts on APL Containership Off India
By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Fire has swept through several containers aboard the APL Le Havre just days after carriers announced they would impose heavy fines on misdeclared dangerous goods. The Ministry of Defence in Gujarat State said fire had forced a diversion of the 10,100 teu...
Tanker Rocked by Explosions in Hong Kong
One person has died and two others are missing after a tanker caught fire in Hong Kong waters off Lamma Island. The fire on board the Vietnamese-flagged Aulac Fortune is believed to have started as crews were preparing for bunkering operations from a fuel oil barge. Authorities said the fire...
Hong Kong-Flagged Tanker Hit By Second Fire in Months Off New York
The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating the response to an engine room fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged tanker Amber Bay which broke out as the ship was departing the New York Harbor area on Wednesday night. The fire comes just a few months after the same tanker suffered a significant engine room...
Insufficient Maintenance Program & Lack Of Guidance Leads To Passenger Vessel Fire – NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board determined during a public meeting held Tuesday that an insufficient preventative maintenance program and lack of guidance for responding to engine high-temperature conditions, led to the Jan. 14, 2018, fire aboard the small passenger vessel Island Lady, in the waters of the Pithlachascotee River, near Port Ritchey, Florida.
The Island Lady was a 72-foot-long passenger vessel operated by Tropical Breeze Casino Cruz, LLC., used to shuttle passengers and...
Watch: Major Fire Reported In Barcelona Port After Ferry Slams Into Crane
Firefighters worked to extinguish a fierce fire that erupted in the port of Barcelona after a ferry operated by the Italian ferry company GrandiNaviVeloci(GNV) crashed into a gantry crane. The crane collapsed on impact and fell atop four nearby containers which caused a major fire. The fire was large enough to be visible from several kilometres.
— Aleix Badia (@Aleixbadia1) October 31, 2018
Major parts of the port have been closed since authorities are still working to...
Maersk Says New Dangerous Goods Guidelines to Improve Containership Safety After Maersk Honam Fire
The world’s top shipping line Maersk has implemented new guidelines on the stowage of dangerous goods after a review of its safety procedures in the aftermath of the devastating Maersk Honam fire back in March. The shipping company says the new guidelines will improve safety across its fleet of...