Incidents

by David Dolan (Reuters) Ten people found so far from a Japanese tour boat missing off the country’s northern coast have been confirmed dead, the coast

Unsecured openings in the deck of a towing vessel led to its flooding and sinking off the coast of Puerto Rico, the National Transportation Safety Board said

By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul (Reuters) A Russian tanker impounded by Greece this week and reportedly carrying Iranian oil will be released amid

The International Transport Workers’ Federation is joining the Maritime Union of New Zealand in calling for a national inquiry into port safety following

The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are continuing efforts to save the historic USS The Sullivans museum ship after it sank at its pier last week at the

The Philippine Coast Guard responded to a fatal containership fire off the Philippines on Sunday after a pipe allegedly exploded on board. The first was

The Ever Forward containership was refloated early Sunday morning following a 35-day-long salvage operation in Chesapeake Bay that tested the capability of

By Tarek Amara (Reuters) – Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a

by John Kornad (gCaptain) After weeks of heavy salvage work in the Chesapeake Bay, the massive continership Ever Forward is free and underway.  The

By Tarek Amara (Reuters) Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one

A video of Thursday’s lifting accident on board the Saipem 7000 heavy lift crane vessel has made it onto the web, revealing what appears to be a wire

A tanker pilot’s decision to overtake a tow in a large bend on the Mississippi River with multiple nearby vessels and during high-water conditions led to

Update: Video Shows Saipem 7000 Lifting Accident The giant heavy-lift crane vessel Saipem 7000 was listing Thursday after suffering a lifting accident in a

The notoriously dangerous Gulf of Guinea saw a lull in crew kidnappings in the first three months of the year, but officials are urging continued caution as of

Containers started coming off the Ever Forward over the weekend amid the ongoing effort to lighten and refloat the ship in Chesapeake Bay. The operation

by Rish Madden – Ever Forward grounded on the Chesapeake Bay on March 13, 2022.  The current salvage plan includes removal of a large number of

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