The SS El Faro's sinking in 2015 was America's worst maritime disaster in decades, taking 33 lives. Afterward, making ships safer became a key goal.

Shipping containers from the vessel Mississippi fell into the ocean at California's Port of Long Beach, with authorities ...

How does a container ship carrying thousands of tons of cargo suddenly break in half? This video tells the story of a vessel that split apart at sea, losing 4,293 containers and becoming one of the ...

Family members and a local historian remember the 33 lives lost when the cargo ship left Jacksonville and sailed into a ...

BALTIMORE — Last year’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge spawned more than 50 lawsuits, including cases filed by the families of the six workers who died, parties shipping property on the ...

This isn't the first time a luxury vessel has gotten into trouble. In 2023, a luxury yacht, called Nakoa, ran aground in ...

Ship collisions are infrequent, but not uncommon, and the legal and environmental effects of the disasters can continue on ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

More ships are cruising through Arctic waters but when disaster strikes, there is little information on how it might affect the environment, and little preparation for quick action.

Russian authorities are green-lighting ships without ice-class on the Northern Sea Route. This month, it could have ended in catastrophe.