Accidents

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) successfully averted a potential disaster after a fire broke out on a containership berthed at Jaya Container Terminal

A major explosion occurred Friday on the containership YM Mobility while docked at the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China. Fortunately, no casualties were

Inadequate operating company guidance on underkeel clearance led to the grounding of a bulk carrier in Lake Huron in April 2023, the National Transportation

Salvage operations on the Panama-registered cargo vessel MV Ultra Galaxy are set to resume this week following a period of stormy winter weather that hit South

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) – A collision between two tankers off Singapore in July raises questions over insurance claims, as one of the vessels

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has raised serious concerns about Canada’s marine emergency preparedness following its investigation into

Some wild new video has emerged showing a dramatic collision that occurred earlier this month off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The incident took place

Coastal clean-up operations are intensifying on South Africa’s west coast following an oil spill caused by the break-up of the grounded cargo ship, MV Ultra

A new passenger ferry’s engine design and insufficient training for engineering crew members resulted in a fire aboard a Staten Island Ferry in 2022, the

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Reuters) – Two large oil tankers that collided and caught fire near Singapore earlier this month are afloat and anchored

A bulk carrier narrowly avoided grounding in the Great Barrier Reef after a GPS unit onboard started providing false information, an Australian Transport

A ruptured hydraulic hose spraying fuel on a hot engine caused a fire aboard a towing vessel in Louisiana’s Lake Salvador, according to the National

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the cause of the bulk carrier American Mariner’s grounding in the Vidal Shoals Channel

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) continues to combat a cargo fire on board the Maersk Frankfurt, located off the west coast of India. The firefighting operations

Update (July 20): The Indian Coast Guard reports some progress in fighting the fire. Full update at bottom. A newbuild containership chartered by Maersk has

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its final report on the investigation into the 2023 fire aboard the passenger vessel Qualifier 105

InterManager has reported a troubling increase in the number of enclosed space casualties aboard ships. The association’s latest statistics, which have

Pockets of calmer weather off South Africa’s west coast have provided a much-needed boost to the salvage efforts of the grounded Panama-flagged cargo

Ineffective bridge resource management contributed to the grounding of a bulk carrier in the Port of Bunbury, Western Australia, an Australian Transport Safety

Efforts are in full swing to extract contents from the Panama-flagged general cargo vessel MV Ultra Galaxy, which has run aground and is almost beached on its