Spanish Court Clears Captain, Merchant Navy In Prestige Oil Spill
A Spanish court on Wednesday found the crew and the government not guilty of criminal responsibility in the 2002 sinking of the Prestige oil tanker, Spain's
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A Spanish court on Wednesday found the crew and the government not guilty of criminal responsibility in the 2002 sinking of the Prestige oil tanker, Spain's
Nigerian pirates have released two U.S. sailors kidnapped from an oil supply vessel off the coast of Nigeria last month, the U.S. State Department has
The stability of the now upright Costa Concordia shipwreck was put to the test Monday as a storm packing 40 mph winds and heavy seas rolled through Isola del
From the Keel laying to christening, 4 years of constructing the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in 4
One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on
Here is some nail biting raw video showing the crew of a grounded barge abandoning ship and swimming to shore as Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda) slammed the
Haiyan had top winds of almost 196 miles (315 kilometers) per hour when it was about 489 miles southeast of Manila, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon
Search giant Google on Wednesday finally broke its silence over the so-called "Google Mystery Barge" docked at San Francisco Bay's Treasure
On November 2, 2013, the 146,600-gt cruise ship Norwegian Getaway was floated out from Meyer Werft's covered building dock II, where the ship has been under
On October 28, 2013, the first of three new-generation stealth destroyers for the U.S. Navy, the ZUMWALT (DDG 1000), was launched at Bath Iron Works shipyard
MV Marie Maersk the fourth installment in Maersk Line's new Triple-E class containerships, has entered service by calling at Busan, South Korea recently before
As the MOL Comfort disaster clearly showed, there is a point at which the load on a ship’s structure exceeds the breaking strength. One might say the
The Kiel Canal in Germany partially reopened Thursday after a three-day closure caused by a ship collision which left a 100-meter cargo ship on the verge of
Seemingly just for the thrill of it, a daredevil pilot proves he can successfully land his small aircraft onboard a moving cargo
So reports have been circulating this week quoting a Merchant Navy Officer who claims that her vessel's shipboard security personnel used Britney Spears music
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on Monday successfully launched the Navy's first Zumwalt-class destroyer at their Bath, Maine
A reminder to always sleep with one eye
A collision between a cargo ship and a LPG carrier early Monday morning has closed Germany's Kiel Canal, leaving the cargo ship heavily listing and leaking
By JAD MOUAWAD, New York Times One of the largest cruise ships in 1985 was the 46,000-ton Carnival Holiday. Ten years ago, the biggest, the Queen Mary 2, was
A report from tech media website CNET has revealed that a mystery barge seen near San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island could be a floating data center being
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