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A report by Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation looked into the allision of the container ship Akacia with a lock gate on the Kiel Ca...

In September 2019, a fire aboard a dive charter vessel lying at anchor off the Californian coast killed 33 passengers and one crewmember. It was a tragedy th...

When a cargo vessel ran aground in Western Australia, accident investigators discovered a series of fundamental contributing factors...

With Japan recording almost 300 marine accidents each year, authorities are investing in AI collision prevention technology – and reminding mariners to use t...

When two bulk carriers collided while both were at anchor in British Columbia, accident investigators identified significant procedural failings, beginning w...

In 2018, a high-speed ferry had a near miss with a submerged Royal Navy submarine – the third serious incident involving RN subs in four years...

Why did a US Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off California, with nine young military personnel trapped insid...

Poor bridge management and a chart omission contributed to a ship hitting an out of service, yet highly conspicuous, oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

When a tanker hit an oil and gas platform off Louisiana, investigators found that the sleep-deprived master had taken over — with no proper handover.

Deficiencies in maintenance and fire suppression combined to delay efforts in dealing with an engine room conflagration

When a tanker broke free from its mooring at a Danish oil terminal – ripping off the loading arm and creating an oil spill – investigators discovered the inc...

Standing unsecured in a lifeboat is one of the many concerns raised by Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) following its investigation of a bulk-carrier accident.

Another onboard crush fatality has highlighted the dangers faced by crewmembers and stevedores — especially when safe working practices are ignored.

Australian authorities are urging ship managers to make sure crew are better supported to prevent onboard fires — after investigating the tenth such incident in one company’s fleet  

An engine room fire aboard the container ship MOL Prestige injured several crew. Why did it happen, and can lessons be learned from such a serious incident.

When a tanker ran aground on the west coast of Scotland, accident investigators found that Key Bora’s crew had been relying on inaccurate chart data. 

Fatalities in a Gulf of Mexico platform capsize could have been avoided if the crew and workers had been supplied with inexpensive lifesaving PLBs.

A Swedish dive team claims to have found a previously unreported hole in the hull of the wreck of MS Estonia – a discovery that raises new questions.