Incidents

The death of a worker at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard early this month has ignited scrutiny over safety practices in South Korea’s shipbuilding industry.

By Captain John Konrad – gCaptain has remained mostly silent on the so-called “bomb ship” Ruby, a vessel that has sparked widespread fear and

The U.S. Coast Guard saved a man and his loyal canine companion from a perilous situation off the coast of Florida as Hurricane Helene raged on Thursday. The

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the captain of an articulated tug and barge (ATB) failed to line up his vessel correctly while

In the months leading up to the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, the company’s desperation for cash had already set the stage for

By David Shepardson Sept 24 (Reuters) – The state of Maryland on Tuesday filed civil claims against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that

by John Konrad – gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Emergency personnel in Greenland near the southern community of Nanortalik worked over the weekend to contain a 20,000 liters

Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company responsible for the containership that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore back

by Jamie Pringle (Keele University) Search and rescue (SAR) for missing persons is always challenging for the specialist recovery teams involved, regardless of

By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) – The families of the six workers who died in the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

The luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm on August 19, claiming the lives of seven people, including

Marina del Rey, California (gCaptain) In the early evening Wednesday a yacht explosion in Los Angeles County, transformed from a tranquil harbor to a chaotic

On March 27, 2023, the bulk carrier Sirocco broke free from its moorings at the Convent Marine Terminal in Louisiana, drifting down the Mississippi River and

The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against the owner and operator of the containership that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge

The Greek-registered oil tanker MT SOUNION has been successfully towed to a safe area in the Red Sea, as part of a complex salvage operation under the

by John Konrad (gCaptain) As the world has almost fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic—the worst global health crisis since the Great Influenza of

PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Eight people have died trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said on Sunday,

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into the February 2022 grounding of an oil tanker in the Brisbane River has revealed significant

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on a tragic incident aboard the sail training vessel Pelican of London, where a