Massive Container Explosion Was Caused By Self-Heating Chemical Cargo

Published Apr 24, 2025 10:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

The dramatic container explosion aboard the boxship YM Mobility at Ningbo last year was caused by thermal runaway i...

NTSB Cites Inexperienced Pilot Using Cell Phone in Ohio River Tow Incident

Published Apr 24, 2025 5:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

The NTSB released a report on a 2024 incident in which a towing vessel moving coal barges struck a vane dike on the Ohio...

Published Apr 23, 2025 9:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Three former crewmembers of a yacht that hit and sank a tanker in 2021 have won millions of dollars in damages in a suit...

Published Apr 23, 2025 3:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egyptian officials celebrated the launch of the first two domestically-built tugboats on April 23, which will be used for the Su...

Published Apr 22, 2025 4:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last week, the Argentine Naval Prefecture rescued the crew of a tug that flooded and partially sank while pushing a cont...

Published Apr 22, 2025 4:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Over the weekend, Spanish first responders rescued a disabled MSC boxship that was adrift just off Gran Canaria, a...

Published Apr 21, 2025 5:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Grimaldi’s fire-damaged Conro Grande Brasile was towed from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium where it had laid for the past tw...

Published Apr 21, 2025 4:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

On a recent deployment to the Pacific, a NOAA remotely operated vehicle (ROV) crew spotted an unusual vehicle inside the...

Published Apr 21, 2025 1:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard reports the successful evacuation of the passengers from an interisland ferry that grounded late on A...

Published Apr 20, 2025 1:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

The death toll from the capsizing of the dredger Hong Hai 16 has risen to nine people, with two more still missing, according to t...