The death toll from a major explosion in Iran’s most important container port of Bandar Abbas rose to at least 65, with over 1,200 injured, state media said on Monday, as firefighters battled a blaze that Iranian officials said was now under control 48 hours after the start of the fire.
https://gcaptain.com/fire-at-irans-bandar-abbas-port-contained-as-death-toll-rises/
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that debris in an engine’s lubrication oil system caused a serious engine failure and subsequent fire aboard the passenger vessel Ocean Navigator…
https://gcaptain.com/engine-room-fire-on-passenger-vessel-linked-to-poor-maintenance-ntsb-reports/
A fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged containership ASL BAUHINIA in the Red Sea has been officially determined to be unrelated to Houthi militant activity, according to the Combined Maritime Forces’s…
The Hong Kong-flagged container ship ASL Bauhinia was abandoned in the Red Sea on Tuesday after catching fire, with all crew members safely rescued. The 1,930-TEU vessel, built in 2022,…
https://gcaptain.com/containership-abandoned-in-red-sea-after-fire-crew-safely-rescued/
The U.S. Coast Guard Station Mayport responded to a dredger fire on Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported in the engine room of the Stuyvesant, a 340-foot dredger, near the…
https://gcaptain.com/dredger-suffers-engine-room-fire-near-st-johns-river/
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has released its 2024 “Stats Report,” providing a detailed analysis of the global marine insurance market. The report highlights significant growth in marine…
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) responded to an engine room fire onboard the Malta-flagged tanker MED ATLANTIC in the East Johor Strait, within Singapore waters, on Monday. The vessel,…
https://gcaptain.com/engine-room-fire-on-tanker-med-atlantic-in-singapore-waters/
A fire broke out on the German-flagged oil and chemical tanker Annika in the Baltic Sea on Friday. The 73-meter-long vessel, carrying approximately 640 tons of oil, caught fire northeast…
https://gcaptain.com/german-oil-tanker-ablaze-in-baltic-sea/
Marina del Rey, California (gCaptain) In the early evening Wednesday a yacht explosion in Los Angeles County, transformed from a tranquil harbor to a chaotic disaster zone. The Admiral, a…
https://gcaptain.com/los-angeles-yacht-explodes-with-thousands-of-pounds-of-ammo-fireworks-and-fuel/
The Cargo Integrity Group (CIG), an industry collective dedicated to improving safety in the global supply chain, is sounding the alarm on a critical gap in maritime safety protocols. According…
https://gcaptain.com/maritime-safety-at-risk-as-nations-fail-to-report-container-inspections/