Accidents (Incidents, Security)

Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy victims to pursue legal claims through newly formed association

Jens Karsten
A Robert Allan Ltd-designed 24-metre tug
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Fairplay Towage orders six tugs to expand global fleet

Jens Karsten
Bergfjord in 2023
Accidents

Two ships detained after three-vessel collision near Alesund, Norway

Jens Karsten
A tug attempts to extinguish the fire on the burning superyacht John in a marina in Brindisi, Italy, October 3, 2026.
Accidents

Superyacht sinks after catching fire in Brindisi, Italy

Gareth Havelock
Map of Benue State, Nigeria
Accidents

More than 30 feared dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria's Benue State

Jens Karsten
The US Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC William Sparling
Search and Rescue

US Coast Guard suspends search for missing victims of aircraft crash off Nantucket

Will Xavier
Rescue boats comb the waters of the Kattegat just off the Swedish coast for any sign of a recreational vessel that had been struck by the Norwegian-flagged cargo ship Misje Verde on the night of July 28, 2026. Two of the recreational vessel's four occupants were later found dead.
Accidents

Cargo ship captain, pilot given suspended sentences over fatal collision off Sweden

Gareth Havelock
AMSOL's rescue tug Umkhuseli (photo date unknown)
Accidents

Three dead, two missing after boat capsizes during rescue attempt off South Africa

Jens Karsten
Capsized wreck of Virgo Transport 8
Accidents

Indonesian police arrest captain over ferry disaster that killed at least 78

Reuters
New Mooring Container Terminal at the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh
Accidents

Two separate vessel collisions occur on same day off Chittagong, Bangladesh

Jens Karsten
Hosanna during an earlier grounding in July 1979, approximately seven months before she disappeared
Maritime Archaeology

Dover Strait wreck identified as fishing vessel that disappeared in 1980

Jens Karsten
Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Accidents

Welding accident at Fincantieri shipyard in Italy leaves one dead

Reuters
Filo Jet in 2024
Search and Rescue

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll now at 18 following recovery of additional body near Kyrenia

Gareth Havelock
The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Accidents

Two aircrew eject after landing mishap aboard US Navy aircraft carrier off Virginia

Will Xavier
Rescuers attend to crewmember of stricken fishing vessel Triumph
Accidents

Four still missing as firefighters board burned Russian fishing vessel

Alan Bosworth
The tanker Sea Gull 9 as seen from an Indian Coast Guard patrol aircraft
Accidents

Indian Coast Guard helps stabilise flooded tanker off Paradip

Will Xavier
The yacht Tai Tam as seen from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
Accidents

Four rescued from sinking yacht following collision with whale off Norfolk Island

Jens Karsten
Capsized wreck of Virgo Transport 8
Accidents

Death toll hits 71 as divers face perilous search inside sunken Indonesia ship

Reuters
Partial map of South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The provincial capital Bukavu is on the right.
Accidents

12 dead after boat capsizes in DR Congo's Lake Kivu

Jens Karsten
Russia adds funding for Kerch Strait oil spill response
Pollution Control

Russia confirms fuel-oil pumping complete at tanker wrecks in Kerch Strait

Jens Karsten
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