COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles), have begun washing ashore along the island’s northern coastline ...

In the early morning fog about 2 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2002, a container ship from Bermuda collided with a car carrier vessel, sending the massive ship and more than 2,800 cars to the bottom of the English ...

Cruise ship captain Wendy Williams rates eight cruise ship disasters in movies and television shows for realism. Williams breaks down how cruise ships deal with iceberg strikes, rogue waves, and ...

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 ...

A cargo ship on its way to Singapore caught fire off Sri Lanka and tons of chemicals were destroyed or spilled into the Indian Ocean as a result of the flaming containers. The MV X-Press Pearl caught ...

How a fire aboard a container ship has caused one of the worst environmental disasters Sri Lanka has ever seen. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please ...

Some of the deadliest and most famous peacetime passenger vessel disasters of the past century: Jan. 13, 2012: The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off the Italian coast, at least three ...

Have you ever heard of someone who seemed to dance with danger and always walked away unscathed? Meet Violet Jessop, the woman who became known as “Miss Unsinkable” after surviving not just one, but ...

Feb 2 (Reuters) - A ferry sank on Thursday off the coast of Papua New Guinea with scores of people missing, Australian rescue authorities said. Following is a timeline of some of the major peacetime ...

The captain of a container ship that caught fire and partially sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka, causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters, was arrested Monday before being granted ...

A ferry sank on Thursday off the coast of Papua New Guinea with scores of people missing, Australian rescue authorities said. Following is a timeline of some of the major peacetime shipping disasters ...