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Video: Superyacht Catches Fire In Sea And Sinks, Passengers Reported Safe

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Superyacht lady MM, travelling from Capri to Porto Servo in Sardinia, caught on fire at 0600 hours on Tuesday that destroyed its superstructure. The 48-meter vessel was 50 miles off Capo Comino when it went up in flames.

The Coast Guard station in Olbia, Sardinia picked up a distress call from the yacht and deployed two patrol boats and a helicopter to assist. The yacht carried 17 passengers of which 9 were crew members and 8 were of Kazakh nationalities. They were reported safe by local news...

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Video: 14 Missing After Two Ships Collided Off Shanghai, Tanker Catches Fire

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14 crew members are missing after two ships collided about 1.5 nautical miles southeast of Yangtze River.

Image Credits: SCMP Clips – YouTube

An oil tanker carrying about 3000 tons of gasoline collided with a gravel ship. The oil tanker caught fire and the gravel ship sank after the collision.

The rescue team have so far managed to save three crew members of the total 17 from both ships. 14 crew members ares still missing, local media reported.

The search and rescue operations are still going on.



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Ship Catches Fire In India, Port Officials Avert A Catastrophe

Port officials at the Q5 berth of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust West averted a minor fire that broke out in the port vicinity.

A coastal vessel, the BD51 which was anchored in the Indian port city caught fire on Saturday.

Port officials were quickly notified about smoke rising from the cabin of the ship, which resulted in officials taking early precautions to avert the danger.

Image Credits: Twitter

As of Monday, the casualty count is still at zero, owing to the fast response of firefighters.

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Video: Fire On US Naval Ship Continues For 2nd Day, Cause Still Unknown

The massive fire caused by an explosion onboard the USS Bonhomme Richard continues to stay ablaze for a second day while docked at home-port San Diego shipyard. Over 100 firefighters are currently working together to combat the fire that has now spread upward and onto other structures on the vessel.

Image Credits: Naval Surface Warriors – Twitter

While the cause of the fire is still unknown, rear Admiral Philip Sobeck has suggested the possibility of it beginning in the deep V storage cargo area....

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Car Carrier Höegh Xiamen Declared Constructive Total Loss After Fire

9 Firefighters Got Injured While Fighting A Fire Aboard Höegh Xiamen In Florida

Höegh Xiamen is a car carrier owned by Ocean Yield ASA (“Ocean Yield”) and employed on a bareboat contract to Höegh Autoliners. The vessel has been declared a constructive total loss following a fire that broke out on board the vessel in early June in Jacksonville, USA.

Image Credits: @JFRDJAX

Ocean Yield expects to receive insurance proceeds in Q3 2020 of about USD 26 million, which is close to the book value of the vessel. The net cash proceeds after repayment of debt related to the vessel will...

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Video: Tanker Catches Fire In Shipyard In Indonesia, Several Missing

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A 21-year-old Aframax tanker, Jag Leela, caught severe fire in an Indonesian ship repair yard.

According to reports, several explosions occurred on the ship followed by a massive fire with black smoke.

The tanker was undergoing repairs at Waruna Shipyard in Belawan, Medan.

Several workers were injured from burns and have been hospitalized. Some are reportedly still missing, trapped inside the ship which is under repair.

Local reports confirmed that the fire occurred in MT. JAG Leela ship while...

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Watch: Fire Erupts On Board Panama-Flagged Oil Tanker Off Coast UAE

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On 29th January, Wednesday, during late hours, a fire eruption was reported on board a Panama-flagged oil tanker due to maintenance operations, according to preliminary investigations.

The oil tanker was reported to be 21 miles (approx. 34km) off coast Port of Sharjah, UAE.

Currently, investigations are said to be running, searching for details of the incident. For the moment, no casualties have been reported and the crew is said to be rescued.

Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime (FTA)...

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Watch: Pusher Tug On Fire At Port Of São Francisco do Sul

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According to local sources, a fire erupted on board, pusher tug, NORSUL VITORIA at the port of Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil, on the night of 16th Jan 2020.

The pusher tug boat is owned sail under the flag of Brazil and was built-in 2006, making it 14 years old now.



Reference: Mikhail Voytenko – Youtube

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Fire On Board Panama-Flagged Tanker-HOYU In Singapore Waters

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At 1310hrs on 7th November, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was informed that a fire broke out on board the Panama-flagged tanker, HOYU, around 9.7 nautical miles from Pedra Branca at latitude 01°25.30’N, longitude 104°32.48’E. The incident happened within Singapore Territorial Waters. Please refer to the map below for the incident location.

Image Credits: mpa.gov.sg

The Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Police Coast Guard and the Republic of Singapore Navy have deployed...

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Watch: Fire Breaks Out In Offshore Support Vessel ‘Coastal Jaguar’; 28 Crew Members Rescued, 1 Dead

On 12 August, the offshore support vessel ‘Coastal Jaguar’ caught fire at Vizag Harbour. At around 11:30 am (IST), the crew reportedly jumped into water-saving themselves from the dense smog the fire generated.

Out of 29 crew members, 28 were rescued. One remaining crew member’s body has been found after searching for hours. Few suffered severe burns and reportedly were under treatment in ICU according to sources.

Reference: Youtube/V6 News Telugu

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