Panama stopped a North Korean vessel that President Ricardo Martinelli said had sailed from Cuba and tried to illegally sneak suspected sophisticated missile material through the Panama Canal.

Salvage specialists are confident of retrieving merchant tanker Pratibha Cauvery grounded at Nochi Kuppam behind the Santhome Church in the city. A seven-member team from Singapore has completed its

The Moroccan navy on Thursday blocked the Mediterranean harbour in which a controversial Dutch "abortion ship" was due to dock in the first such trip to a Muslim country, one of the organisers said.

A major fire broke out in a merchant vessel MV Amsterdam Bridge off Mumbai coast this afternoon, Coast Guard officials said.

The ship had reached just four nautical miles from Prongs Reef Lighthouse

A US Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early on Monday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The collision left a brea

An Italian vessel captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members, including seven Indians, has been released.

M. T. Enrico Ievoli, hijacked on December 27, has bee

A hundred years after the Titanic sank, two Swedish researchers on Thursday said when it comes to sinking ships, male chivalry is ‘a myth’ and more men generally survive such disasters than women and

Seven people were injured due to an explosion on a South Korean ship off Mumbai on Saturday, an official said. No casualties were reported.

"Some work was in progress on the ship off Mumbai coast whe

A Taiwanese-registered gravel ship with 15 crew members on board sank off the island on Monday, leaving six people dead and two others missing, officials said.

Taiwan's coast guard rescued seven peop

Two sailors were rescued but eight others were missing after a cargo vessel sank off the southern coast of China, authorities said Saturday.

Boyun 018 had 10 crewmembers aboard when it collided with