Maritime Accidents & Incident News
Daily coverage of vessel collisions, allisions, groundings, structural failures, and engine-room incidents from public maritime sources. Each story is mapped to the COLREGS rule, SOLAS chapter, MARPOL annex, or USCG NVIC most often cited in the post-incident report — so you can drill the same rule the report cites.
182 stories indexed.
Latest in Maritime Accidents & Incident News
- BP moves into Venezuela with new offshore gas development deal — Baird Maritime
- 17 dead as illegal migrant boat breaks down off Libya — Baird Maritime
- US Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized cargo ship off Saipan — Baird Maritime
- Over 20 feared dead after river boat capsizes in western Uganda — Baird Maritime
- Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized vessel off Saipan — Professional Mariner
- Officials: Indian-crewed tanker struck by Iranian gunfire in Oman — Baird Maritime
- U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search for Saipan Crew — MarineLink
- Car Carrier Damaged in Allision With Bridge Pier at Bremerhaven — The Maritime Executive
- Mariana search update: Body recovered, five crew still missing — Professional Mariner
- ITF condemns fresh wave of attacks and seizures on civilian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz — ITF Seafarers
- Search Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard on Carnival Splendor — Cruise Law News
- No reported injuries in container vessel fire in Singapore: MPA — Shipping Telegraph
- Fuel cleared from grounded cruise ship in Fiji — Shipping Telegraph
- Lowest first-quarter maritime piracy and armed robbery figures since 1991, but vigilance remains essential — ICC IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
- Amending legislation ensuring watercraft accidents are investigated by MAIB — UK MAIB
- Corporate report: Marine Accident Investigation Branch: current investigations — UK MAIB
- Laureline report published — UK MAIB
- Fatal accident to a crew member on board the roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Laureline — UK MAIB
- Governments must act now to protect seafarers — ITF Seafarers
- Poor watchkeeping blamed for fatal North Sea Verity–Polesie collision — Nautilus International
- Spirit of Discovery propulsion failure highlights 'clear lessons' on safety and decision making — Nautilus International
- Spirit of Discovery report published — UK MAIB
- Loss of propulsion in heavy weather experienced by the passenger vessel Spirit of Discovery, leading to over 100 injuries and one fatality — UK MAIB
- Salvors refloat grounded barge off San Juan Harbor port entrance — Shipping Telegraph
- Safety bulletin 1/2026 (video) published — UK MAIB
- Safety warning (video) issued following the capsize and sinking of the tug Biter while assisting the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess with the loss of two lives — UK MAIB
- Polesie/Verity report published — UK MAIB
- Collision between the bulk carrier Polesie and the general cargo ship Verity resulting in the sinking of Verity and loss of five lives — UK MAIB
- Apache/Serinah report and safety flyer published — UK MAIB
- MCA urged to issue new safety guidance for non‑SOLAS vessels after fatal 2023 pilot ladder accident — Nautilus International