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 ...

Dozens of firefighters were battling a blaze on a container ship docked at a Los Angeles port on Friday night, according to officials. All of the 23 crew members were accounted for and there were no ...

Authorities in Sri Lanka were trying to head off a potential environmental disaster Thursday as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country's main ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It was a very moving and humble reminder that this tragedy is a call to action for the entire maritime community,” Rear Adm. John ...

Both major shipping disasters (a sinkage and a fire) involving foreign-flagged cargo ships off the coast of the Southwestern Indian state of Kerala are covered under insurance, a top Indian Government ...