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Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a call last week regarding the George King, reporting an engine room fire with nine crewmembers aboard. The crewmembers abandoned the ship to the dry cargo barges it was pushing with no reported injuries. The fire has now been extinguished.

In January 2016, the passenger vessel PeeJay V caught fire and sank, because the main firefighting system was ineffective and staff did not fully understand how it should work. New Zealand's TAIC issued a report on the incident, noting that, for a CO2 firefighting system to be useful, the space must be airtight and everyone involved should be fully trained.

However, this is not an easy mission, as, according to the maritime authority, the retrieval of the ship from the bottom of the East China Sea, can cause another explosion. Furthermore, in order to prevent the further expansion of the spill, China will send deep-sea divers to plug the oil leaks from the Iranian tanker.

The ‘Sanchi’ oil tanker, that collided with a freighter in Chinese waters earlier in January, causing one of the worst oil spills in decades, had all its necessary paperwork onboard, Panama maritime authorities informed, after they conducted an initial review.

A major fire broke out onboard of the Indian product tanker GENESSA, which was anchored at Kandla port Anchorage, on the Gulf of Kutch, western India. Reportedly, the fire broke out in the crew compartment. The tanker was carrying approximately 30,000 tons of diesel fuel at the time.

The fire that occurred on the FPSO, broke out in the transformers compartment, but it was controlled, as the Cidade de Maricá's personnel managed to deal with it effectively, using local firefighting equipment. No injuries or pollution were reported.

One woman died and at least 15 other people were injured, after a fire erupted onboard a shuttle boat off Florida’s Gulf Coast, on Sunday. The vessel was en route on its way to the Sun Cruz Casino boat, when the Captain saw smoke coming form the engine room and turned the boat around.

The Iranian oil tanker 'Sanchi' sank in the East China Sea, causing one of the worst oil spills in decades, local media reported on Sunday. The ship had been burning for more than a week, following collision with a Chinese freighter on 6 January.

A part of the oil tanker 'Sanchi' that has been on fire for several days off Shanghai after collision with a Chinese freighter, exploded on Wednesday, further hampering the search and rescue and fire extinguishing operation, CNN reported citing Chinese authorities.

The 'Sanchi' oil tanker, that collided with a freighter in Chinese waters over the weekend, could burn for two weeks up to one month, potentially expelling its bunker fuel, or the heavy fuel oil that powers a ship’s engines and contaminating the waters, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.