Firefighting

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

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.

9th January 2026

Conflict and fire: why salvage operations are getting harder

9th January 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Fireboy-Xintex, which specialises in marine fire detection and suppression technology, is launching a low-pressure water mist system designed specifically for the cooling and containment of onboard battery rooms and machinery spaces.

26th November 2025

A compact onboard solution for battery cooling

26th November 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine safety equipment firm Viking has signed a global marine fire service partnership with the multinational industrial technology company Johnson Controls International (JCI).

21st October 2025

Viking forges global safety pact with Johnson Controls

21st October 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

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.

21st October 2025

Salvors battle blazes and spills as new ISU leader takes the helm

21st October 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

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.

11th September 2025

Navigating battery risks: Still a bridge too far?

11th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

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.

27th August 2025

Major ship fire threat averted by quick response

27th August 2025

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

‘There’s a ship parked in my garden’ was one media headline describing the 11,135dwt container vessel NCL Salten running aground near Trondheim in May.

22nd July 2025

Fires, strandings, wreck recoveries – busy times for salvors

22nd July 2025

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

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.

17th July 2025

MCA warns of dangers of sleeping on ‘dead ships’

17th July 2025

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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.

8th July 2025

Swedish safety products provider snaps up Turkish firm

8th July 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Flaws in response, communication and control need to be put right ‘as soon as possible’, a report into the Dutch Coastguard’s handling of the fatal Fremantle Highway car carrier fire, which resulted in one…

30th May 2025

Dutch Coastguard found wanting in fatal ‘Fremantle’ fire

30th May 2025