After a two-year investigation, the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) has released a 335-page report on the loss of the Titan, a submersible designed, built, and operated by the American underwater-tourism company OceanGate. The submersible imploded during a … Continue reading
Rick Spilman
On Monday, October 9, 2023, the schooner Grace Bailey was returning to Rockland, ME, from a four-day Fall Foliage cruise, when an upper section of the main mast broke and fell to the deck, killing one passenger and injuring five … Continue reading
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered the owners and operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl to pay $1bn USD in compensation for the devastating environmental and economic damage caused when the ship caught fire and sank off Colombo in 2021. … Continue reading
Sad news reported by the Vineyard Gazette. After 63 years sailing the waters around Martha’s Vineyard, the legendary schooner Shenandoah will sail her last season next summer. Martha’s Vineyard Ocean Academy, the educational nonprofit that currently owns and operates Shenandoah, … Continue reading
A crew member on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is reported to have stabbed a fellow crew member multiple times before jumping overboard to his death as the ship cruised off the coast of San Salvador Island in the … Continue reading
It has been a long time coming, but it appears that the historic sailing ship Falls of Clyde will finally be removed from Honolulu Harbor to be sunk about 12 miles south of the harbor. The ship has been threatened … Continue reading
On Sunday, a fire broke out on the ferry KM Barcelona VA in the Celebes Sea off the northern coast of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. The ferry was en route to Manado, on its regular half-day journey from Melonguane port, according … Continue reading
On Saturday afternoon, Wonder Seas, a tourist excursion boat, capsized in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, around 100 miles east of Hanoi, after encountering a sudden storm. State media reported that at least 35 people have died, … Continue reading
There are reports that the Russian Navy may soon scrap its notional flagship, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. Since the 1990s, the Kuznetsov has been the only remaining aircraft carrier in the Russian fleet. Built in the final days of … Continue reading
French maritime enthusiasts are scrambling to raise funds to save the replica of the 18th-century 32-gun frigate, L’Hermione. The Hermione-La Fayette Association says that to finance the ship’s restoration,” It’s now or never.“ The original frigate carried the Marquis de … Continue reading
The Houthis had not attacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea in approximately seven months. That lull ended on Sunday and Monday when two bulk carriers were struck by gunfire, rocket propelled grenades, small boats and drones. Both ships … Continue reading
The roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry MV Tunu Pratama Jaya capsized and sank in rough seas late Wednesday on its way to the resort island of Bali, Indonesia. At least four people died, at least 30 are missing, and 31 survivors were … Continue reading
Jazz Turner sailed back into Brighton on Monday afternoon, June 30, after a voyage of 28 days, becoming the first disabled person to make the journey around the British Isles non-stop and unassisted. Turner sailed from Brighton on June 2 … Continue reading
There is so much we do not understand about orcas, also known as killer whales. Scientists and sailors have been mystified in recent years by pods of orcas attacking sailboats near the Strait of Gibraltar and the Iberian Peninsula. Multiple … Continue reading
An odd story with a distinctly happy ending. On Sunday, a young girl fell overboard from the Disney Dream cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Her father immediately jumped overboard to rescue his daughter. Both were rescued by the ship’s … Continue reading