Incidents

By Daniel Katzive (gCaptain) – Unapproved use of a propane torch on deck triggered the explosion aboard a New York City municipal sludge tanker Hunts

A Houston ship pilot’s extended personal cell phone conversation and multiple failures to maintain a proper lookout led to the fatal 2024 collision between

China's coast guard conducted patrols it described as routine law enforcement in waters east of Taiwan on Friday, angering Taipei, which condemned the move

A sanctions-hit tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Oman and the spill has spread in recent days, increasing concern about possible environmental damage to

HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) – Rescuers were searching on Sunday for 17 people still missing after a Vietnamese ship sank in the busy waterway of the

July 26 (Reuters) – An international cargo vessel sank off the coast of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, a week

U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy suffered a significant engineering casualty during post-refit sea trials off the Washington coast before being towed back to

A routine maintenance job aboard the fishing vessel Antarctic Discovery turned into a dangerous toxic gas incident after decomposing fish waste was

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon China's ambassador in Manila, his office said on Tuesday, hours after Manila's envoy in Beijing was

The Philippines accused Chinese coast guard personnel on Monday of aggressively striking one of its navy staff in the head with a wooden baton during an

MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers were attacked at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast, CPC

DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that two ships were involved in an “accident” after attempting

By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul July 17 (Reuters) – A vessel under sanctions for moving Russian fuel is likely leaking oil in a protected marine

Armed assailants are believed to have boarded the chemical tanker Asana off the southern coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and are in control of the

July 14 (Reuters) – One person died and two others were missing on Tuesday after a triple-deck pontoon boat with 19 people aboard capsized near

One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz,

SEOUL, July 13 (Reuters) – The South Korean navy early on Monday morning recovered the body of a seaman who went missing at sea over the weekend

July 12 (Reuters) – One Indian national is missing after an attack on the commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman earlier on Sunday, the

Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat is stationary near the Strait of Hormuz and awaiting salvage operations once a fire on board has been extinguished, according to

A mechanical fault left a Bass Strait cargo vessel without steering for more than eight hours after the crew was unable to use an available backup steering