All Firefighting articles
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NewsConflict and fire: why salvage operations are getting harder
Reluctant ports, container ship fires and conflict zones are complicating salvage operations, forcing risky offshore cargo transfers, delaying repairs and exposing crews, cargo owners and responders.
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NewsA compact onboard solution for battery cooling
Fireboy’s BACC Mist system provides a compact solution for managing heat build-up and fire risk in critical onboard environments
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NewsViking forges global safety pact with Johnson Controls
Marine safety equipment firm Viking has signed a global marine fire service partnership with the multinational industrial technology company Johnson Controls International (JCI).
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NewsSalvors battle blazes and spills as new ISU leader takes the helm
Major blazes have been included in the International Salvage Union’s latest round-among sinkings and spills, as new leader Captain Leendert Muller takes the helm at the ISU.
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NewsNavigating battery risks: Still a bridge too far?
Are we there yet? Despite so many battery manufacturers hailing the benefits, the risks and problems of onboard and onshore battery systems identified in a recent Bureau Veritas report suggests not.
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NewsMajor ship fire threat averted by quick response
Hopes are high that a major maritime environmental disaster involving a fire on a container ship has been averted following rapid intervention by both the vessel’s crew and professional salvors.
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NewsFires, strandings, wreck recoveries – busy times for salvors
Teams of salvors have been called out many times this year, as Maritime Journal contributor Peter Barker reports.
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NewsMCA warns of dangers of sleeping on ‘dead ships’
Sleeping on board ‘dead ships’ can have fatal consequences, the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) has warned, setting out detailed guidance in the wake of a number of incidents.
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NewsSwedish safety products provider snaps up Turkish firm
Swedish fire, flame and gas safety technology firm Consilium Safety Group has stepped into Turkey with the purchase of Ares Marine, which makes control, navigation, monitoring and marine instruments and electronics.
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NewsDutch Coastguard found wanting in fatal ‘Fremantle’ fire
A Dutch Safety Board report has found the Dutch Coastguard’s response to the Fremantle Highway fire in 2023, which resulted in one death, was not ’sufficiently able to assume control’.
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NewsVessel operators warned to prepare for imminent rule changes
The maritime industry is being warned to adopt fixed water monitors by 2026 to improve fire safety.
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NewsLatest photos released of tanker crash
Salvors including Boskalis were attending the fire-ravaged oil tanker Stena Immaculate on Wednesday morning after the cargo vessel Solong crashed into it at about 17 knots on the morning of March 10.
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NewsOil tanker ablaze in North Sea after cargo vessel crash
An oil tanker caught fire after a container ship hit it in the North Sea, according to reports coming in from multiple sources. Both vessels are being abandoned, the reports say.
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NewsEngine fire linked to poor state of repair
A report into the engine room fire on Ro-Ro passenger ferry Stena Express in February 2023 has concluded bad repair and inadequate modifications led to the incident.
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NewsBurnt-out cargo vessel loaded at Rotterdam
The car carrier that caught fire over a year ago, killing one crew member, has been returned to Rotterdam before she heads off to a new life in the Far East.
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NewsBlazes and groundings for Smit Salvage
One of Europe’s most important salvage firms has been responding to fires, groundings and pollutant removal in a busy few months.
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NewsBlazing oil tanker disaster averted by salvors
Salvors have saved a million barrels of crude oil from causing unprecedented ocean pollution after towing the blazing tanker Sounion to safety.
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NewsViking urges early PFOS foam replacement
Viking Life-Saving Equipment urges ship owners to switch to fluorine-free firefighting foams ahead of impending regulations.
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NewsIn the line of fire – salvors on the frontline
The consequences of war on commercial shipping lead to extra dangers for already risky work by salvage firms. Peter Barker reports on two companies’ activities affected by the Red Sea conflict.
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NewsFire and myth: exploring EV battery dangers in shipping
A recent paper refutes what it says are misleading claims that battery electric vehicle (BEV) fires are more dangerous and frequent than those in vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE).
