Incidents

The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River tonight near St. Louis, Missouri after a 70-foot towing vessel named Jim Marko sank earlier on Tuesday

A product tanker owned by Copenhagen-based Torm successfully fended off a group of pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the company said in a statement over the

Work to refloat and remove the Costa Concordia from the island of Giglio within the next 3 weeks is continuing with or without final approval from the Italian

Just weeks away from the planned departure of the Costa Concordia hulk from Giglio and a final decision regarding its destination is yet to be

The recent hijacking cases of coastal product tankers in South East Asia for the theft of their cargoes represents a diversification of the threat rather than

The ICC Commercial Crime Services’ International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China

Pirates in southeast Asia have made off with about 700,000 litres of diesel stolen from an oil tanker off Johor, Malaysia, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement

A high-speed ferry en route to Macau from Hong Kong hit a breakwater this morning, injuring 70 people, Macau’s Marine and Water Bureau

ACCRA, June 12 (Reuters) - An oil tanker missing for a week off the coast of West Africa was attacked by pirates who stole its cargo, the company that managed

The Fair Artemis’s cargo and sudden disappearance fit the profile of the well-organized tanker hijackings that have plagued the Gulf of Guinea in recent

The United Nations envoy for Somalia has welcomed the release the eleven remaining of crewmembers of a ship hijacked by Somali pirates nearly four years ago,

Eleven crew members held hostage by Somali pirates for more than three years have been released, regional and United Nations officials said on

A Greek oil tanker is missing and feared to have been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of

A pilot boat went up in flames yesterday while moored at the port of Fiumicino, Italy, and it was all captured on camera.

NATO Defence Ministers on this week decided to extend NATO’s counter-piracy operation until the end of 2016 as Somali pirates continue to threaten ships

This weekend’s hijacking of an oil tanker in Southeast Asia follows a broader pattern of crime in the region, security experts

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 (Reuters) – A Thai oil tanker reported missing two days ago has been recovered with all of its crew members safe but pirates who

A Thai diesel oil tanker with 14 crew members en route from Singapore to Indonesia is believed to have been hijacked, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)

Over a week ago, the Chinese-flagged geared bulk carrier Le Sheng and the capesize bulker Cape Med were involved in a collision near Gibraltar that that left

A Kirby Offshore Marine tugboat caught fire just after midnight last night while moored at their dock on the north shore of Staten Island. According to local