Troublespot

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