Incidents

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Paul Greengrass’ new thriller, “Captain Phillips,” is torn from the headlines, but

Prosecutors allege that the skipper of the yacht sailed too close to the tanker, causing the collision which was all caught on video and went viral.

Barkhad Abdi, a tall wisp of a man with a narrow face and a wide grin, sat on the sofa in his hotel suite with one eye on the television and another on a view

Video interactive reconstruction assists vindicating pilots in October 2011 collision on Houston Ship Channel. A recent administrative hearing held at the Port

Russia shrugged off Dutch legal action over its detention and prosecution of Greenpeace activists for piracy on Saturday as protesters took to the streets

A passing containership came to the rescue of 16 people Thursday who were forced to abandon a burning luxury yacht off the coast of Cairns,

Russia charged 30 people with piracy after Greenpeace activists tried to board an Arctic oil platform as OAO Gazprom said the protest threatened to have

An incorrect declaration of the contents – omitting that the contents were Dangerous Goods under the IMDG code - was a major contributing factor to a

More than 300 people drowned or were feared dead after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on

European Union Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) reports today that eleven people of Somali origin have been convicted today of piracy by the Seychelles Supreme Court.

The piracy charges, which Greenpeace said were absurd, are punishable by up to 15 years in

Crews in South Africa responded over weekend to a fire that broke out in the cargo hold of a fully-laden containership which was at anchor just off the Port of

Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing after a typhoon in the South China Sea sank three ships, the official Xinhua News Agency reported

The deadly assault this week in Nairobi by a militant group from Somalia serves as a reminder of the threats emanating from the war-torn East African country

Update: As of 3PM Bahrain local time, the search for the two missing crew members has been suspended. The U.S. Navy notes in a statement, “Navy officials

The Scarabeo 5, a 4th-generation semi-submersible drilling rig built in 1990 by Fincantieri for Saipem has caught fire today while drydocked at the Keppel

Stolen Nigerian oil worth billions of dollars is sold every year on international markets and much of the proceeds are laundered in world financial centres

Jones Act shipping company Matson (NYSE: MATX) says it will cover all costs associated with the Honolulu Harbor molasses spill response, sparing Hawaiian

The operation to upright the Costa Concordia in pictures.

UPDATE: 14:30 EST – D.C. Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier has confirmed 12 fatalities, the U.S. Navy reports. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier addressed a