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Carriage of Cargo on Deck: An Update—Lessons from AGCS Marine Insurance Co. v. M/V Imabari Logger

NTSB Shares Hard Lessons From Dali, Grande Costa D'Avorio, Titan and More

The NTSB has released its annual compendium of prior-year casualty reports, and for 2025, the list includes some of the highest-profile accidents in r...

Leaking Chemical Cargo Blamed for Fire and Poisoning Killing Two Crew

An Indonesian cargo ship burst into flames on Monday in a devastating fire. The authorities now suspect it was the result of a chemical leak from its...

Cargo ship slams into Chinese fishing boat in Singapore Strait

Footage of a cargo ship ploughing into a Chinese fishing boat in the Singapore Strait, sending seawater surging across the smaller vessel’s deck as its crew scrambled to hold on, h...

MAIB Reports on Ferry-Jetty Incident That Holed Hull and Caused Flooding

Marine investigators in the UK have outlined the events that caused a ferry collision with a jetty during a normal berthing maneuver, causing massive...

No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Is a Risky Job

The tanker captain summoned his years of experience when he saw the blast in front of him. He veered his 300-meter-long ship around the vessel ahead and could see a fire had starte...

International shipping companies fined for illegal ocean discharges

The company operating an international shipping company has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an oily waste discharge into the sea. MSC Shipmanagement Limited, one of the lar...

Italy Holds RINA Liable for EUR 60 Million Over Egypt Ferry Disaster

  The Civil Court of Genoa in Italy has ordered on 14 October the maritime certification company RINA SpA to pay more than EUR 60 million (EGP 3 billion) in compensation to relativ...

Cargo ship crashes into Chinese fishing boat near Singapore

Cargo ship crashes into Chinese fishing boat near Singapore

Swedish Court Finds Captain and Pilot Negligent in Summer Boating Accident

The District Court in Gothenburg, Sweden, found both the captain of the cargo vessel Misje Verde and the pilot who was aboard guilty of negligence in...

Bulker Holed in Dock Allision Prompts New Rules for Vietnamese Port

A Japanese-owned bulker docking at a private port facility in Vietnam hit the dock on Sunday, causing significant damage to the vessel and the structu...

720 bags of guar gum, one damaged shipment - Liberty Mutual sues MSC

A shipment of guar gum left India in good shape. Liberty Mutual says it didn't arrive that way

US strikes on suspected drug boats could test marine war-risk wordings

UN finding could complicate future hull and P&I claims

Navigation Warning After Ship Loses 46 Containers in Philippine Waters

The Philippine Coast Guard issued a navigational warning for one of its busy shipping lanes after a containership lost 46 boxes overboard in the Batan...

Deadly Indonesian, Philippine ferry accidents highlight troubling trend

Nobody Closed the Red Sea. A Militia Took One Shoreline and the Insurance Market Did the Rest.

Transits are down about fifteen percent. War risk cover went from one percent of hull value to ten.Continue reading on Medium »

Eight in 10 maritime fatalities have nothing to do with accidents at sea

The risk that is actually killing most seafarers is built up over months or years. Among younger crew, it is something else entirely

Cargo Floats in Strait of Hormuz as Iranian Shipping Attacks Rise

Footage shows small boats gathered around floating shipping containers after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship sank near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Analysts say Iran has rampe...

Shipping's two-tier system is now a structural risk, nations warn

The CSG's first statement in 60 years frames uninsured shadow fleets and contested chokepoints as permanent features

Shipping's two-tier system is now a structural risk, nations warn

The CSG's first statement in 60 years frames uninsured shadow fleets and contested chokepoints as permanent features

Containers fall off ship at Port of Los Angeles

Three 40-foot shipping containers fell off a ship into the water at the Port of Los Angeles on Monday.

Cargo ship sinks after Strait of Hormuz strike causes fire

A cargo ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz after a strike that sparked a fire and the evacuation of crew members, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said.

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Why A Shipwreck On The Ocean Floor Added Millions To The Cost Of A Natural Gas Pipeline

A ship that had settled on the seafloor over 2½ centuries earlier suddenly came into view, and the consortium building a nearby pipeline was on the hook.