Incidents

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Boston.com tells

First revealed on gCaptain’s Professional Mariner Forum (LINK) last week, the news is now official… John Cota, pilot of the Cosco Busan, has plead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4M0Z_nbVk Strong winds in Palma de Mallorca, Spain caused the cruise ship MSC Fantasia too break away from her moorings,

Photo by wheatfields Known in some countries as ‘tablet of love’, aluminium phosphate pellets used for fumigation aboard ship represent a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8eDuX1C24 This footage, released by the Associated Press, shows a USCG helicopter flyby of the 58-foot fishing vessel, Icy

The BBC brings us this amazing, and tragic, news of the Russian Navy sinking a commercial ship last week. They tell

See gCaptain’s full list of incident photos HERE Radio Canada tells

Read the ful synopsis HERE Via NTSB.gov Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that a medically unfit pilot, an

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a public board meeting on its investigation into the Cosco Busan allision.  The goal of which, was

(Photo: Reuters) The Bahaman-flagged cruise ship, Ocean Nova, ran aground in Antarctica’s Marguerite Bay amid high winds and rough seas Tuesday morning

Photo via Navy.mil According to AFP, the US Navy has nabbed 7 suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden.  The Marshall Islands flagged ship, Polaris, sent a

A chemical tanker carrying about 30 tons of oil condensate burst into flames today after colliding with a small container ship just off the coast of Dubai. 

Bye Bye Buoy By John Denham The recent sinking of the “SF” Sea Buoy by possibly a large foreign-flag container ship causes more concern about ship

Here is a brief snippit of one of the articles on the “collision” of the M/S Steve Irwin and a Japanese whaling vessel: Japanese whalers and

Today, the M/V Faina was released by Somali pirates after a US $3.2M ransom was paid.  The Ukranian ship with 21 crew members and carrying 33 soviet tanks,

Via NOAA.gov: UNH/NOAA Report: Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents January, 29, 2009 The existing infrastructure for responding to maritime

Images via Flickr user duncandavidson Tuesday evening, the tanker Overseas Cleliamar lost all power while exiting San Francisco Bay just west of the Golden

So the cruise ship industry may be able to offer the lowest prices in 20 years, but one thing that they cannot control is the weather and unfortunately

For the full list of gCaptain’s incident photos, CLICK HERE For most, the notion of a bad time on a luxurious vacation aboard a cruise ship is eating