Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of a fishing vessel led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday.

This Safety Alert addresses the importance of installing noncombustible materials in machinery space boundaries with dry exhaust systems. A recent marine casualty resulting in an engine room fire ...

A catastrophic engine failure led to a fire aboard a towing vessel on the Tennessee River last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports. An engine-room fire broke out on January ...

A Russian-flagged cargo vessel has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, per Russia's foreign ministry. The Ursa Major ship went down after an explosion in the engine room, the ministry said. It comes after ...

View of the Wakashio's engine room soon after it run aground in Mauritius. It is unclear if the Wakashio had scrubber technology installed for its exhaust fumes. A new video was released this week of ...

Two crewmen, one of whom was reported to be “gravely” injured, have received medical treatment on the island after an explosion on board a container ship in the seas east of Bermuda. The Maersk Sana ...

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Geek tourism embraces a wide variety of activities and destinations that appeal mainly to engineers and other individuals who take delight in exploring the technical underpinnings of our world. A tour ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover innovation within the green/blue industrial revolution. The engines on ships are some of the most powerful in the world, ...

Peruvian Navy corvette BAP Guise (CC-28), French Navy frigate FS Prairial (F731) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) gather in formation behind Legend-class cutter ...