Viewpoint: A New Risk Landscape Emerges for Global Maritime Industry September 21, 2023 By Dorothea Ioannou In a constantly changing world, the maritime industry has always stood as a symbol of resilience, adaptability, and progress. Key...
Engineer: Navy Warship Fire Might Be Electrical, Not Arson December 17, 2021 By Julie Watson SAN DIEGO (AP)–An electrical engineer who examined the USS Bonhomme Richard after it was destroyed by fire last year testified...
Evacuations Extended Near Northern Illinois Industrial Fire July 2, 2021 MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Toxic fumes and smoke from a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois that officials had...
Tesla Says Single Battery Module Caused Car Fire in Shanghai June 28, 2019 By Yilei Sun BEIJING/TOKYO — Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc. said on Friday a single battery module caused a car to catch...
Explosions Threatening Lithium-Ion’s Edge in a Battery Race April 24, 2019 By Brian Eckhouse and Mark Chediak Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S. At least 21 fires had already...
U.S. Banning Lithium Batteries as Cargo on Passenger Airplanes February 28, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and...
Tesla That Caught Fire in Florida Crash Reached 116 MPH June 27, 2018 By Alan Levin A Tesla Inc. Model S driven by an 18-year-old reached a top speed of 116 miles per hour before skidding...
Ban on Air Shipments of Lithium Batteries Proposed by UN Panel February 1, 2016 By JOAN LOWY A U.N. panel recommended Wednesday that cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries be banned from passenger airliners because the batteries...
Probe Links Lithium Battery to Dubai UPS Crash July 25, 2013 By BRIAN MURPHY A fast-moving fire that began in cargo containing lithium batteries turned the inside of a United Parcel Service plane into...
Boeing Finishes 787 Testing, Focus Shifts to Regulators April 8, 2013 By Alwyn Scott and Tim Hepher With a successful flight on Friday, Boeing moved closer to proving that a revamped safety system can prevent batteries on...