Fire breaks out aboard Hapag-Lloyd containership
JANUARY 4, 2018 — Hapag-Lloyd reports that a fire broke out yesterday in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers. The company says that the
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Viking Life-Saving to distribute fire extinguishing system for boxships
AUGUST 22, 2018 — Maritime safety equipment manufacturer and global servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, Esbjerg, Denmark, has signed with Rosenby Engineering to exclusively distribute the award-winning Danish startup’s HydroPen fire extinguishing
Coast Guard responds to generator fire on Great Lakes bulker
JUNE 18, 2018 — U.S. Coast Guard 9th District responded this morning as, at 4.20 a.m., the Great Lakes bulker M/V Paul R.Tregurtha reported a generator fire. The vessel master reported the
“Poor safety culture” cited in Baja Ferries’ RO/RO fire
JUNE 6, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the August 17, 2016, fire aboard the roll-on/roll-off passenger vessel Caribbean Fantasy was vessel owner Baja Ferries’
Maersk reports cargo fire on U.S.-flag containership
MARCH 16, 2018 — Maersk Line reports that 20:50 EST yesterday, the Maersk Kensington, a vessel owned and operated by its U.S. flag subsidiary Maersk Line, Limited (MLL), reported a container on
Remains of three missing Maersk Honam crew found
MARCH 12, 2018 — Maersk Line said today that the remains of three of the four crew members missing following the fire aboard Maersk Hunan have been found. The 15,262-TEU vessel was
Hope fades for missing Maersk Honan crew members
MARCH 8, 2017 — Maersk said today that four crew members remain missing despite comprehensive search efforts in response to the fire that broke out aboard the containership Maersk Honam in its cargo
Four crew missing in major fire on giant Maersk containership
MARCH 7, 2018 — Four crew members are missing after the 15,262 TEU containership Maersk Honan caught fire in the Arabian Sea during a voyage from Singapore to Suez at around 1520
Explosion delays efforts to fight Iranian tanker fire
JANUARY 10, 2018 — Iran’s state controlled PressTV today reported Chinese authorities as saying that no major oil spill had been detected from the blazing Panamanian registered, Iranian owned tanker Sanchi, but
Barge fire in GoM extinguished, vessel adrift
AUGUST 4, 2017—The Gulfport (Mississippi) Fire Department reports that it has extinguished a fire aboard a tank barge carrying 2,500 tons of anhydrous ammonia and 800 gallons of diesel fuel about 2