Incidents

By Fabian Hamacher and Hyonhee Shin (Reuters)  Taiwan has recovered two bodies after a ship carrying six South Koreans went missing in the Taiwan

By William Clowes (Bloomberg) The owners of an oil-production and storage ship had a history of financial problems before the vessel blew up in Nigerian

Inadequate planning for hot work led to a fire aboard a commercial fish processor while docked at a shipyard in Tacoma, Washington, the National Transportation

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius The Préfet of Reunion Island, the highest ranking representative of the French authority on the island south of Mauritius, in the

The staging of equipment for the next phase of the Ever Forward refloating operation is scheduled to kick off today in Chesapeake Bay, where the giant

Glynn County, Georgia has filed a lawsuit against multiple parties connected to the Golden Ray and subsequent wreck removal operation following the capsizing

A captain assuming a watch immediately after waking led to a tow striking a lock gate in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the National Transportation Safety

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a Coast Guard reauthorization bill that includes policies to improve the safety of World War II-era amphibious

Evergreen Marine, the owner of the stuck Ever Forward, has declared General Average following two unsuccessful attempts to refloat the ship in Chesapeake Bay.

Update: Tonight’s refloating attempt was unsuccessful. A second attempt to refloat the Ever Forward will take place this evening using seven tugboats, a U.S.

Ever Forward remains stuck in Chesapeake Bay more than two weeks after its grounding. Update: A second attempt to refloat the Ever Forward is happening now The

An incorrect solution to address a main engine start issue led to the contact between an oil tanker and a loading dock in the Port of Corpus Christi, the

Salvors will use five tugs to attempt to refloat the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay on Tuesday. Details of the refloating operation were released as part of a

A Maersk-operated containership lost around 90 containers in heavy weather this week during an eastbound voyage in the North Pacific Ocean, the company has

Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D.  A year ago, MV Ever Given rammed its bow into Asia, ran its stern onto Africa, and her midships straddled the Suez Canal for

The U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Western Towboat have established a unified command in response to a tug grounding in

Dredging around the stuck Ever Forward kicked off over the weekened with two dredges now working to clear mud from the around the ship’s hull. Port of

A large-scale oil spill is unlikley from the sunken Felicity Ace car carrier, the ship’s manager said in an update. Felicity Ace sank on March 1 around

A roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier belonging to Dubai-based Salem Al Makrani Cargo Company capsized and later sank in the Persian Gulf about 30 miles from

Norway refuses to bunker the Russian Super-yacht Ragnar but lets it plug into power “so they’re not freezing to death.” By Jill R. Shah and Lars Erik