While the sinking of the Titanic is widely remembered, it represents only one chapter in a long history of maritime disasters. Several other shipwrecks resulted in devastating loss of life and exposed ...

Though the 1912 sinking of the Titanic has solidified itself in both our historical and pop culture lexicon, it's certainly not the only maritime disaster that has ended in widespread tragedy. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy ...

Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy brochures and endless buffets are stories of chaos, confusion, and survival ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles), have begun washing ashore along the island’s northern coastline ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Monday is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, marking a half-century of fascination with one of the most infamous nautical ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney John Hillsman has spent a legal lifetime learning about ships, boats, and nearly anything that floats. And he's seen his share of disasters, including representing Bay Area ...

Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...