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Maritime News
Greek Crude Oil Tanker off Oman Reports Explosion and Fuel Leak
A crude oil supertanker reported an explosion on Tuesday while it was off Oman near Muscat. The incident came shortly…
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Op-Ed: Arctic Metagaz Explosion Shows That LNG Carriers Have Risks
A recent explosive event involving a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier laden with Russian Arctic gas should serve as a wake…
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Russian Rescue Service Responds to Explosion and Fire on MSC Boxship
An MSC containership inbound for Saint Petersburg, Russia was reportedly disabled after an explosion and fire in the Gulf of…
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Port News
Explosion knocks out MSC boxship near St Petersburg
An explosion and subsequent fire have hit the MSC-operated container ship MSC Giada III while the vessel was approaching St…
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Maritime News
Turkey Investigates Fires on Two Sanctioned Tankers in the Black Sea
Turkey is investigating after two sanctioned shadow fleet tankers reported explosions and fires roughly 30 minutes apart while they were…
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Maritime News
Three Killed in Malaysia as Maersk Manages Fires on Two Ships
A fire aboard a containership alongside in Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) was fatal, killing three and injuring three…
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Wind Farm Developer Clears World War II Sea Mines from North Sea Site
The teams surveying the site for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm recently identified and cleared unexploded ordnance from World War…
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Two Workers Severely Burned in Welding Accident on Dredger
[Brief] Korean officials are reporting that two workers on a dredger at Gunsan, in southwest Korea on the Yellow Sea,…
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Marine World
Mystery Tanker Explosion Near Yemen Sparks Renewed Security Concerns for Red Sea Shipping
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported an incident this weekend involving the LPG tanker FALCON approximately 116 nautical miles…
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LPG Carrier on Fire and Drifting off Yemen Issues Distress Call
A Cameroon-flagged LPG carrier issued a distress call Saturday morning, October 18, while sailing near Yemen, but the cause of…
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