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Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, has confirmed that one of its ships was detained in the Port of Sfax, Tunisia, on 10 September over an insurance dispute related to the major 'Maersk Honam' fire incident back in March 2018. 

An incident on board a vessel which almost escalated into a serious accommodation fire. A crew member plugged his mobile phone into an extension cable to charge. In addition, plugged into the extension cable was a fan heater. Shortly afterwards the ship’s fire detection system indicated alarms in near cabins.

Sean Dalton, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Cargo Committee Chair, reported that the marine cargo market is still the largest commercial marine line of business in terms of premium income. However, 2017 was the worst year for natural catastrophe losses in the history of the insurance industry. 

An Indonesian ferry sank after sustaining a major fire in the waters off Banggai Laut, Central Sulawesi on Friday. At least 10 people have been reported dead as a result from the accident, including two kids below 5 years old, while about 20 passengers are still unaccounted for. 

After a New York District Court decided on September 10 that, Stolt and Deltech are responsible for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers, Stolt expressed its disagreement with the ruling. The court noted that Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

According to TT Club, container fires may take place on a weekly basis, with statistics showing that there is a major container cargo fire at sea roughly every 60 days. So, tackling fires and subsequent investigations are complex activities. With increasing container ships size increases, the risk of a fire incident increases too.

A fire broke out onboard a sailboat, off the island of Sifnos in Greece, during the weekend. The boat had two people onboard at the time of the incident. The Hellenic Coast Guard ships went on the scene of the incident to provide assistance, while the passengers got into a private boat, which was on the spot.

Twenty-eight people were rescued after a fishing vessel sustained fire, about 46 miles southwest of Serranilla Bank, Colombia, on Thursday late night.  The 774-foot tanker 'Challenge Pollux' rescued the 28 people from the water in a joint effort with the US Coast Guard and Colombian Navy, on Friday.

New York District Court decided on September 10 that MSC is not liable for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire  on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers. Instead, Daltech and Stolt are responsible for the accident. Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

In the morning hours of 7 September, the Maltese-flagged luxury yacht 'Kanga' suffered a major fire while off the cruise port of Dubrovnik, Croatia, with nine crew members and four passengers onboard. Initial reports suggest an electrical failure triggered the fire.