Three children were killed after the yacht that they were travelling in capsized on the fourth of July weekend, 2012. The accident occurred off the Long Island coast in the state of the New York, as the yacht was returningRead More

Three men have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the July 2012 sinking of a crowded vessel off the coast of Zanzibar. The vessel, a passenger ferry that was transporting passengers between the two major islands of Zanzibar, overturnedRead More

Two sailors have been killed and three more crewmembers have been seriously injured following a blast on the MSC Flamina, a German cargo vessel. The ship was en route to Antwerp, Belgium from Charleston, South Carolina when the blast occurred,Read More

Oil giant Shell may be facing a hefty fine due to an oil spill from one of their exploration vessels off the coast of Nigeria early last year. It is estimated that the spill by Shell Nigeria Exploration and ProductionRead More

Four Afghan asylum seekers en route to Australia were killed on June 27 2012, after their vessel capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s largest island, Java. The remainder of the 134 passengers on board, largely children and women, were rescued.Read More

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of an injured sailor on July 27th 2012 alleging claims of negligence on the part of his employer, Hercules Offshore. The sailor, who wishes to remain anonymous, was working on a Hercules Offshore vesselRead More

A man who was injured while working offshore for the Texan marine support company Seacor Marine has filed a lawsuit against the company, citing negligence and vessel unseaworthiness. The man was performing his maintenance duties inside the engine room ofRead More

A number of prominent members of the maritime industry have proposed a set of new laws to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that would make it mandatory for containers to be weighed before being loaded onto a cargo ship. TheRead More

Plans are underway for a response mission to salvage a dredge barge that sank in a collision with a tugboat on Lake Huron. The accident occurred last Thursday when the 110 foot long barge smashed into the 38 foot longRead More

The American Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is scheduled to release its findings of an investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill this week. The CSB is one of several federal regulatoryRead More