A passenger ship carrying more than 450 people has sunk in the Yangtze river in central China, triggering a rescue effort hampered by strong winds and heavy rain. Maritime transport remains critical ...

Criminal responsibility has been recognized for the head of the company in the sightseeing boat accident that claimed so many ...

‘Our last contact was on the eve of the tragedy,’ says Qader Abdallah, 49, father of a 20-year-old man feared dead after a boat sank in the Channel – Copyright ...

Video from Vietnam Television (VTV) showed search and rescue efforts continuing overnight, with rescuers flipping the capsized boat upright and calling out for survivors. The vessel capsized on ...

A single mechanical failure or mistake isn’t what usually results in a “Mayday!” call on marine VHF radio. Compound failures or mistakes typically cause potentially disastrous situations for even ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 22 - A judge on the southern Italian city of Crotone on Monday indicted six Italian officials for allegedly failing to take action that may have prevented the shipwreck of a migrant ...

Migrants and refugees wait for assistance on an overcrowded wooden boat, as aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms approach them in the Mediterranean Sea, in international waters, at 122 miles off ...

More than 200 people have died and more than 100 are missing after two separate boat accidents this week in the northwest of Congo, according to residents of the area and local news reports. One of ...

The vessel capsized along a heavily traveled but treacherous route for Africans transiting the war-torn country to find work in the rich Gulf states. By Ismaeel Naar and Abdi Latif Dahir Ismaeel Naar ...