Incidents

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

Thousands of fish are believed to have been killed in Honolulu Harbor and surrounding waters after a Matson pipeline spilled as much as 1,400 tons of sticky

While the towers burned and collapsed on September 11, 2001, a half million people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan by a civilian flotilla of ferries, tug

On September 17, McAllister Towing and Reinauer Transportation will be partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound and Sector New York in a

The Tanzanian-registered cargo ship MV Gold Star, loaded with an estimated 30 tons of cannabis, caught fire on Friday 6 September while in international waters

Maersk Line reports this morning that the fire on board the Maersk Kampala has finally been put out by the onboard fire-fighting teams with support from

It’s been three days since a fire broke out on board the containership Maersk Kampala just south of the Suez Canal and the crew on board has yet to

A "terrorist" staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez Canal on Saturday, in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through

Update: 30 August Maersk Lines’s containership, Maersk Kampala is still on fire this morning according to a statement on Maersk Line’s website. The

Nigeria’s navy killed six pirates and injured one other in a gun battle late Sunday off the coast of Calabar in Nigerian and Cameroonian

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil H. MacBride, helped secure the U.S.'s first high-seas piracy convictions since 1820 for a total of 26

A hijacked fishing vessel that could be housing dozens of hostages is once again on the move and has been spotted close to the Somali coast, the European

The four suspected pirates were arrested during one of only two successful operations against a sharp rise in pirate attacks this year - and Nigerian

The Nigerian navy killed 12 pirates in a gun battle as they tried to flee from a fuel tanker they hijacked off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea last week, the

By Rolando Ng CORDOVA, Philippines, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The central Philippine province of Cebu, famous among divers around the world for its clear waters

By Rolando Ng TALISAY, Philippines, Aug 18 (Reuters) – As rescuers plucked more bodies from the sea after a Philippine ferry and a cargo ship collided

Update: The Kiani Satu has been successfully refloated this morning according to a statement by Captain Nigel Campbell from the SA Maritime Safety Authority.

The 190-meter bulk carrier which sank off the coast of Hong Kong during Typhoon Utor earlier this week has been reported to have been carrying nickel ore,

The growing threat of piracy and maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea was on the docket this week at the United Nations. In a press statement, the Security