A popular, full-day excursion to Blue Lagoon Island, from a cruise ship docked in Nassau in the Bahamas, ended in tragedy on Tuesday when a ferry boat loaded with 100 passengers rolled over and sank in choppy waters. A 75-year-old American woman from Colorado died in the partial capsize.
The NY Post reports that the ferry was nearing its destination when conditions on the water began to deteriorate.
“One of the crewmembers who was downstairs ran upstairs and was crying, absolutely bawling, and grabbing a life jacket. That’s when everybody was like … this is real, something’s happening,” American tourist Kelly Schissel said in a TikTok.
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The world’s newest island has risen from the Pacific Ocean off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima after an underwater volcanic eruption that began toward the end of October. In just 10 days, volcanic ash and rocks built up on the shallow seabed, forming an island that emerged from below the water’s surface. The eruption has now subsided.
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In August, we posted 
Of the various wind assist technologies available for commercial shipping, which is the most cost-efficient? It is likely, too soon to tell. AIrbus is reported to be trying two different approaches — retrofitting one existing ship with suction sails and building three new ships with Flettner rotors.
Here is a post suitable for Halloween. It is not a ghost story but rather the tale of two mysterious skeletons found in a 
This afternoon, sailing south from Ålesund bound for Haugesund, on Hurtigruten’s 
Around 5 am about 14 miles southwest of the island of Heligoland, Germany, the British bulk carrier 
We recently crossed the 
I am currently traveling, so I managed to miss