Rototortugs come to the rescue of disabled containership

On the night of January 20, two Kotug International Rotorugs picked up a Mayday signal from the 2,506 TEU Euroseas containership Em Oinousses which had suffered a devastating engine room fire, sailing

NTSB reports on engine room fire on 50-year old towboat

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on a December 2017 engine room fire that forced the crew of a 1967-built towing vessel to evacuate the vessel, which incurred an

USCG and FDNY respond to tanker disabled by engine room fire

OCTOBER 9, 2018 – The U.S. Coast Guard and firefighters and rescue paramedics from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Special Operations Command yesterday conducted a joint safety

Maersk Line, Limited car carrier hit by engine room fire

JANUARY 17, 2017 — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans yesterday responded to a report of an engine room electrical fire on a 2005-built, U.S.-flagged PCTC operated by Maersk Line, Limited subsidiary

O-ring replacement eyed in engine room fire

NOVEMBER 20, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that an improperly installed fitting on a fuel line supplying an auxiliary engine fuel injector pump is the probable cause of a

Tried to fix fuel leak alone, died in engine room fire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 — The U.K.’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued a report on its investigation into an August 18, 2015, fire in the engine room of the suction dredge

Repairs to fire damaged cruise ship to take nine weeks

DECEMBER 23, 2014 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) today quantified the financial impact of the December 11 fire on board its Oceania Cruises subsidiary’s cruise ship Insignia. Two contractors and