A report by Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation looked into the allision of the container ship Akacia with a lock gate on the Kiel Ca...
In September 2019, a fire aboard a dive charter vessel lying at anchor off the Californian coast killed 33 passengers and one crewmember. It was a tragedy th...
With Japan recording almost 300 marine accidents each year, authorities are investing in AI collision prevention technology – and reminding mariners to use t...
During a fishing expedition in Nova Scotia, an engine management system (EMS) malfunctioned spectacularly on trawler Atlantic Destiny with 31 on board.
When two bulk carriers collided while both were at anchor in British Columbia, accident investigators identified significant procedural failings, beginning w...
Why did a US Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off California, with nine young military personnel trapped insid...
Poor bridge management and a chart omission contributed to a ship hitting an out of service, yet highly conspicuous, oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
On the east coast of Swona Island, Scotland, a grounding of the roll-on/roll-off ferry resulted in 41 injuries to passengers and crew, and damage to both the ship and the cars it was carrying.
When a tanker broke free from its mooring at a Danish oil terminal – ripping off the loading arm and creating an oil spill – investigators discovered the inc...
Standing unsecured in a lifeboat is one of the many concerns raised by Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) following its investigation of a bulk-carrier accident.
