The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has issued two safety concerns following the 2021 loss of containers and fire on board the container vessel ZIM Kingston, off Vancouver Island, B.C. The
The design of a new passenger ferry’s fuel oil return system and inadequate follow-on training for engineering crewmembers led to the 2022 fire aboard the Staten Island Ferry Sandy Ground, the National
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report from the Mission to Seafarers reveals a mixed but somewhat more positive picture of seafarers’ well-being, with the happiness index increasing slightly to 6.99 in second
The crew’s swift action limited damage to the towing vessel Desperado when a ruptured hydraulic hose spraying fuel on a hot engine led to a fire aboard 1982-built vessel when transiting Louisiana’s
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a January 7, 2023, incident in which the 715-foot long, 1980-built Great Lakes bulk carrier American Mariner grounded on shoals, damaging three
The U.S. Coast Guard has lifted the detention order imposed on the containership MSC Michigan VII following the June 6 incident in which a power surge caused it to surge forwards as
U.K. based MARSS has won its largest-yet order for its MOBtronic automated man-overboard detection system, designed to instantly detect persons falling from a ship. Worth nearly $1 million, this latest contract is
Singapore and Malaysian authorities were responding this morning after two tankers were on fire following a collision that, the South China Morning Post said, spotlights the perils of dark fleet ships operating
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on its investigation of a January 19, 2023 passenger vessel fire that broke out aboard the 53 year old Qualifier 105 when
Despite continuing efforts by CENTCOM to destroy Houthi weapons on the ground before they can be used to attack merchant ships, the Yemen-based terrorist group seems to have little trouble in acquiring