90 offshore workers have been injured after an oil rig tipped over in a shipyard in Singapore on Tuesday, in one of the worst workplace accidents in the history of the Asian country, said local authorities. The accident occurred atRead More

Crew members on a small tugboat heroically assisted in rescuing a man who was battling to stay afloat in open waters just outside San Francisco Bay, almost certainly saving the man’s life. The crew of the Guard tugboat owned byRead More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued recommendations to the US Coast Guard suggesting that the maritime agency increase their alcohol and drug testing standards following offshore accidents. The NTSB recommend that the Coast Guard should have the sameRead More

New Zealand Air Force officials have rescued a couple from a disabled yacht after they drifted off course south-west of Tonga. 52 year old Steve Jones, from England, and 43 year old Tania Davis from New Zealand were travelling onRead More

Piracy, or the act of theft of a vessel or other form of violence while at sea, is a crime that has been practiced for centuries. While piracy has been romanticised in films and literature and documented largely as aRead More

Oil and gas companies often participate in offshore drilling activities in order to tap rich oil and shale gas wells deep in the ocean. As a result, oil rigs are situated out at sea for the majority of the year.Read More

A well respected expert in offshore drilling has said that accidents on offshore oil rigs will likely continue for some time to come due to the way shallow water drills are operated. Eric Smith, who is the associate director ofRead More

The fire that was raging on the West Delta 32 oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, but the exact details surrounding the explosion remain unclear. Last week, an explosion on the rig while crews were undergoingRead More

11 maritime workers have been injured in a fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, report local news agencies. There have been conflicting reports about the death toll in the incident, with some sources claimingRead More

The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration has announced that China’s first facility dedicated to the investigation of maritime accidents will officially open by the end of 2013. In the announcement, the Maritime Safety Administration also stated that construction on the newRead More