HONG KONG (AP) – The death toll from Hong Kong’s biggest maritime tragedy in decades has risen to 39 and rescue workers have called off the search for any more missing, authorities said. Hong Kong’s ...

ALPENA, MI – The worst maritime tragedy in the history of Michigan’s Shipwreck Alley happened 160 years ago. The Pewabic, a twin-screw wooden passenger and freight steamer, sank below the calm surface ...

As a child, Thomas Nelson became fascinated by the Edmund Fitzgerald after seeing one of its lifeboats in a museum. As an ...

The sinking of the Doña Paz stands as the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. The Filipino passenger ferry collided with the MT Vector, an oil tanker, sparking a catastrophic explosion ...

18-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month. While law enforcement did not initially open the case as a homicide, paperwork found in seemingly unrelated divorce ...

Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy brochures and endless buffets are stories of chaos, confusion, and survival ...

If you haven’t heard of the Sultana, it’s not because Doug Stout, and Dan Fleming, and Chris Evans, and a number of us local historians haven’t tried to let you know about it. On April 27, 1865, after ...

'Hevelius' is a new Netflix series based on the story of Poland's worst maritime tragedy, when 56 people died in 1993. The highly anticipated Polish-made production has already been described as one ...

In recent years, crises throughout the Middle East and North Africa have led to large-scale migration into Europe. This influx has sparked both concerns about straining limited government resources ...

Washington, DC - 27 November 2013 -- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) expressed concern at the recent deaths at sea following a boat capsize earlier this week in the Bahamas, the third maritime tragedy ...

The Philippine Coast Guard has acquired and operationalized the Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) from the ...

There are a few stories that I often tell when the subject of leadership in disasters is discussed. I figured I’d put them down on paper so I can stop repeating myself. It was pre OPA90, a single-skin ...