A near-catastrophic 2019 cruise ship blackout off Norway exposed safety lapses, triggering massive rescues and major industry ...

The huge steamboat steamed upstream against the powerful current of the Mississippi River. It was mid-April and the spring rains had fueled a torrent of muddy, brown water which overflowed the banks ...

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 ...

The cargo ship El Faro sank on Oct. 1, 2015, leaving four Maine residents and 29 others dead. It has been described as one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. 21,232 people played the ...

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 2015 sinking of the SS El Faro, which killed all 33 mariners aboard, has led to safety reforms in the maritime industry. Advocacy from victims' families has helped empower crew members to speak up ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

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