Insurers Count the Cost of Ships Snagged in Ukraine Crisis February 27, 2023 Insurers are facing half a billion dollars in claims for up to 60 commercial ships still stuck in Ukraine a...
Stuck Container Ship in Chesapeake Bay Finally Refloated April 19, 2022 BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship the length of more than three football fields has finally been pried from the...
Maersk Container Ship Runs Aground Off German Island February 3, 2022 By Zuzanna Szymanska and Miranda Murray BERLIN — One of the world’s biggest container ships, the Mumbai Maersk, has run aground off the German island of...
Fire Burns Aboard Container Ship Off British Columbia October 25, 2021 VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — A fire was burning in several containers aboard a cargo ship off Canada’s Pacific coast...
Agreement in Principle Reached Over Suez Canal Ship Dispute June 24, 2021 ISMAILIA — The owners and insurers of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March have reached...
Fire-Ravaged Ship Sinks, Prompting Sri Lankan Pollution Fear June 18, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month...
Sri Lanka Seeks UN help in Assessing Damage From Ship Fire June 16, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ Sri Lanka’s government is seeking help from the United Nations and other countries in assessing...
Sri Lankan Court Grants Bail to Captain of Fire-Ravaged Ship June 15, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court granted bail to the captain of a fire-ravaged container ship on...
Environmental Disaster Feared as Ship Sinks Off Sri Lanka June 3, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and...
Amid Dispute, Suez Canal Blames Ship’s Grounding on Speed, Rudder May 28, 2021 By Aidan Lewis and Nadeen Ebrahim ISMAILIA, Egypt — The container ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal in March was struggling to steer because...