The MV Dona Paz tragedy in 1987 remains the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. The ferry collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines, resulting in a catastrophic fire and the loss of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new National Geographic documentary, "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection," is offering a groundbreaking look at history's most infamous maritime disaster. After nearly two years of research and ...

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 ...

The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush bounty. When the Central America sank, it became the worst maritime disaster ...