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No one has been injured Poland's Foreign Ministry says a Maltese ship on a mission to evacuate foreigners from Libya's capital came under fire and couldn't enter the harbor.The PAP news agency cited ministry spokeswoman Paulina Kapuscinska as saying the ship came under fire amid fighting between Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces and Libyan rebels. She said the ship was unable to enter Tripoli's harbor.She said the ship was to have evacuated a Polish mother with three children Sunday morning. Maltese citizens were also to have been evacuated. Several attempts by The Associated Press to reach ministry officials for more details weren't successful.Malta's government referred to the incident in a statement, saying only "no one has been reported injured."Source: AP

The fire is believed to have started at the ship's cargo section One of Trans-Asia Shipping Lines' grounded ships caught fire Wednesday morning at a port in Cebu.The MV Asia 2 caught fire while inspections were ongoing at MV Asia 5. The fire is believed to have started at the ship's cargo section.Trans Asia workers tried to salvage the cargo from the burning section of the vessel.Trans-Asia is still reeling from the damage costs and possible lawsuits following the sinking of MV Trans Asia Malaysia off the coasts of Iloilo and Negros Occidental last Sunday.MV Asia 2 was already inspected by Marina following the grounding of all Trans Asia vessels as a result of Sunday's sea mishap.The Philippine Coast Guard and Marina will conduct its own probe into this morning's ship fire.Source: ABS-CBN News

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Firefighters are still working to put out the fire A 5,000-tonne cargo vessel exploded Monday night at a shipyard at Pingtan Island, southeast China's Fujian Province.The vessel exploded at 8:35 p.m. when being examined and repaired at Kan'ao Shipyard, Su'ao dock of Pingtan Island.Eight trapped people were rescued. Three firefighters were injured in the search and rescue operation.Firefighters are still working to put out the fire.Source: Xinhua

Near the Black Sea city of Constanta Romanian authorities say they have extinguished a raging fire on a ship docked near the Black Sea city of Constanta.The fire started early Monday on the Panama-registered vessel FGM Europe that has been undergoing repairs in Midia-Navodari, a small port just north of Constanta. Firefighters battled with the fire for six hours before it was put out.Port spokesman Catalin Arteni has told Agerpres news agency that there are no victims. He says the cause of the fire has not been established.Source: KSL

The vessel beached 100 metres off the shore Angolan firefighters on May 27, 2011, were struggling to control a fire on the "UAL Antwerp" in the entrance of Luanda port.A 40-ft-container aboard the ship which just had arrived coming from Houston had caught fire on June 26 at 11:30 a.m. LT, and the fire spread to other containers some of which were feared to contain petroleum products or nitrogen. Dense fume started to emerge, while offshore suppliers rushed to the scene and started with fire fighting attempts. The fire was obviously contained in the morning of June 28, and the vessel beached 100 metres off the shore.Source: Vessel Tracker

The blaze had been put out by the time crews arrived Emergency services were called to Falmouth at 11am yesterday after oil caught light on the car transporter the Republic of Brazilia.The blaze had been put out by the time crews arrived, but firefighters said it could have been "much worse" if nearby equipment had ignited.Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service watch manager Stuart Williams said: "They were welding near the hydraulics and if the fire had spread to that it would have affected that oil too."Source: Western Morning News

A fire broke out in the engine room A Silja line ferry en route to Helsinki had to return to harbour after a fire broke out in the engine room shortly after the boat left Stockholm.The fire triggered the ship's alarm system at 8:08 Finnish time on Thursday evening. The ship's crew had extinguished the fire by 18:20.Nobody was injured in the fire, the cause of which has not yet been determined.The ship, Silja Serenade, was the 18:00 departure for Helsinki. Tallink Silja, the shipping line that operates the ferry, says that the service is running behind schedule because of the fire.Source: YLE

The fire was caused by an electrical problem in the ship's kitchen A Somali pirate says a fire is tearing through a hijacked ship that pirates are holding off the country's coast.The pirate, who gave his name as Hassan Abdi, said an undisclosed number of pirates and hostages were forced to abandon the bulk cargo carrier MV Orna. Abdi said it is believed the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the ship's kitchen.Abdi said that plumes of smoke were rising over the ship as the fire moved through it.Cmdr. Paddy O'Kennedy of the European Union Naval Force said he had heard reports of the fire from a credible source but that the EU Naval Force hadn't independently confirmed the information.The MV Orna was seized in December about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of Seychelles.Source: AP

Loaded with 40,000 liters of gasoline - eight were seriously hurt The Philippine Coast Guard has ordered for a thorough probe on the cause of the fire that hit a cargo passenger vessel loaded with 40,000 liters of gasoline and other petroleum products where about eight were seriously hurt.This developed as Coast Guard commandant Vice Admiral Ramon C. Liwag identified the 14 passengers of the MV STC Jeffrey Roy as Nathan Balbona, boat captain; Jerwin Roy Y Vicente,11; Rolly Mangarin, 20; Francisco Rubio, 50; Jameson Ray, 53; Erasco Rosero, 52; Florito Robizo, 33; Ning Rapal, 20 ; Jesmar Ragot, 20; Dinnes Mangarin; Ronito Robizo, 53; Jerson Roy, 50; Jobert Mangarin, 20; and Noe Macalipay.Coast Guard Station Camarines Sur said pending the outcome of the thorough investigation, the ill-fated vessel is in the custody of the Coast Guard Detachment Pasacao for further investigation and proper disposition.Source: Journal Online