The MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship turned military transport during World War II, holds the record for the deadliest maritime disaster in history. On January 30, 1945, the vessel was ...

A Routine Departure Turns Into Disaster On September 8, 2019, the 656-foot car carrier MV Golden Ray departed the Port o ...

View of the S.S. Pacific anchored near Fort Tongass in Alaska in 1868 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British ...

Discover the worst maritime disaster in United States history and learn about its local ties during a free program at 6:30 p.m. April 15, at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Local ...

Ten years ago this week, one of the worst maritime disasters in American history took place in the Bahamas. Thirty-three crew members of the container ship SS El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, once the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes, tragically sank during a fierce storm on Lake ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney John Hillsman has spent a legal lifetime learning about ships, boats, and nearly anything that floats. And he's seen his share of disasters, including representing Bay Area ...

An initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board described the moments before a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. By Joseph Goldstein The docking pilot boarded the ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

Federal investigators have determined that the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) failed to complete a crucial vulnerability assessment that could have identified the Francis Scott Key Bridge as ...

All 1,081 feet of the Epic, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, had disappeared and we were nowhere near the Bermuda Triangle. We were in Catania, Italy, and when we departed for lunch the ship was there.