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

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Shipowners, managers and shipyards need to prepare for a major change in international fire protection rules affecting RoRo and RoPax vessels.

23rd May 2025

Vessel operators warned to prepare for imminent rule changes

23rd May 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

HM Coastuard has just released the latest photographs of a crash that ended in two vessels catching fire in the North Sea on Monday morning. 

12th March 2025

Latest photos released of tanker crash

12th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

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.

10th March 2025

Oil tanker ablaze in North Sea after cargo vessel crash

10th March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

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.

16th December 2024

Engine fire linked to poor state of repair

16th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

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.

18th October 2024

Burnt-out cargo vessel loaded at Rotterdam

18th October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has reported on the activity of one of Europe’s major salvage companies involving responding to ship fires, groundings and pollutant removal operations.

16th October 2024

Blazes and groundings for Smit Salvage

16th October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A million barrels of crude oil have been saved from causing unprecedented ocean pollution after salvors successfully towed the blazing tanker Sounion to safety.

18th September 2024

Blazing oil tanker disaster averted by salvors

18th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Viking Life-Saving Equipment has emphasised the need for ship owners and operators to take action ahead of looming regulations banning the use of perfluoro-sulfonic acids (PFOS) on ships.

2nd September 2024

Viking urges early PFOS foam replacement

2nd September 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

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.

30th July 2024

In the line of fire – salvors on the frontline

30th July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

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).

27th September 2023

Fire and myth: exploring EV battery dangers in shipping

27th September 2023