An engine room fire aboard the 600-foot long tanker Endo Breeze that resulted in $1.2 million damages was the result of a maintenance error, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The
A complaint filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleges that an MSC civilian mariner was raped by the captain when working as the 1st assistant
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued the report of its investigation of the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Carol Jean. On March 21, this year, while anchored with no one
While all the circumstances surrounding the recent attempted hijacking of the Zodiac Maritime tanker Central Park indicated that the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthis were involved, it seems they likely were involved only to
Following the hijacking of the car carrier Galaxy Leader, which is owned by a company associated with Israeli business man Rami Ungar, attacks on ships with Israeli ties by the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based
The Galaxy Leader, a Bahamas-flag car carrier leased by Japan’s NYK Lines has been hijacked by Iran-affiliated Houthi militia, who described it as “an Israeli ship,” and taken to a Yemeni port.
As Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) knows only too well from its own experience with the Liberty Ace incident, car carrier fires can be costly. To guard against future incidents, the
As the case of the dead Russian admiral who wasn’t that dead reminds us, it’s always wise to be cautious about reports coming out of a war zone. However, the Main Intelligence
The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on the 106,000 dwt Liberian-flagged oil tanker S-Trust last year that resulted in $3 million in
According to multiple reports, a Russian missile attack on a civilian vessel entering the port of Pivdennyi in Odesa yesterday saw the Ukrainian port pilot killed and injured crewmembers. Ukrainian national news