By Frank McGurty NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) – A Mexican Navy sailing ship festooned with lights and a giant flag crashed into the landmark Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, shearing the top of…
https://gcaptain.com/mexican-navy-tall-ship-crashes-into-brooklyn-bridge-killing-2/
By Daniel Katzive (gCaptain) – The Mexican Navy training ship Cuautemoc collided with the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday evening, resulting in damage to the ship’s masts and multiple injuries. The New…
https://gcaptain.com/mexican-navy-tall-ship-dismasted-after-striking-brooklyn-bridge/
Importers rushing to ship Chinese goods to the US using a short reprieve from paralyzing tariffs could provide a much-needed boost to global freighters.
https://gcaptain.com/salvage-tug-reaches-maersk-sana-after-more-than-two-weeks-adrift-in-atlantic/
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a comprehensive report detailing the July 2022 incident where the bulk carrier Portland Bay nearly stranded off Sydney’s coast, revealing significant failures…
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released an interim report detailing the tragic sinking of the superyacht Bayesian off Sicily’s northern coast that left seven dead. According to…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that a piece of O-ring-type material debris caused a steering system failure that led to a bulk carrier’s collision with a navigation…
Maritime AI specialist Windward reports that GPS spoofing likely caused the containership MSC ANTONIA to run aground near the Eliza Shoals close to Jeddah Port on May 10, 2025. The…
https://gcaptain.com/gps-spoofing-suspected-in-containerships-grounding-near-jeddah-port/
PALERMO, Italy, May 10 (Reuters) – Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in…
https://gcaptain.com/salvage-of-lynchs-sunken-yacht-paused-after-divers-death/
By Daniel Katzive (gCaptain) – Training failures which contributed to the deaths of two firefighters on a RoRo ship at Port Newark in July 2023 are part of a broader nationwide shortfall…
The container vessel Maersk Sana experienced “machinery-related issues” in its main engine room while en route from Newark to Singapore on April 28, 2025, a Maersk spokesperson has confirmed to…