Corroded wire rope leads to expensive bulk carrier crane failure
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a July 23, 2023 incident when a hoisting wire rope on one of the cranes on the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk failed
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a July 23, 2023 incident when a hoisting wire rope on one of the cranes on the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk failed
The U.K. and Norway are to lead a new Maritime Capability Coalition to support Ukraine. As part of the initiative, the U.K. will transfer two Royal Navy Sandown class minehunters to the
The National Transportation Safety Board is aiming to prevent a repeat of California’s 2021 Orange County oil spill, which was deemed to have been caused by an anchor strike on a pipeline.
Over the years, there’s been much discussion about ECDIS-assisted groundings. A recently released accident report from the U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) could just add the term “Jägermeister-assisted grounding” to maritime
Port of Auckland Limited (POAL) was today fined NZD 500,000 (about US $310,000) after pleading guilty to two charges under New Zealand’s Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. The charges were
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