A cargo ship has been struck by an unknown projectile in the Gulf, south-east of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Monday that the ship was hit by a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history killed as many as 1,800 people near the end of the Civil War, but it earned scant attention. News of ...

A Panama-flagged MSC container ship has been damaged by a large explosion off Iraq, raising fresh concerns over the safety of commercial vessels operating in the northern Arabian Gulf as regional ...

On the 5th, the government stated regarding the explosion and fire aboard HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine)’s multipurpose carrier ‘NAMU’ (NAMU-ho), which occurred inside the Strait of Hormuz the ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed a cruise missile strike on Panama-flagged MSC Sariska V near Umm Qasr in retaliation for an attack off Oman, but early investigations suggest an internal mechanical ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: The French ship's insistence on staying away from shore may have seemed strange to anyone watching the encounter, but to those on board, it was ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Russian forces have been using naval drones packed with explosives to practice attacking and sinking ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1865, a massive explosion just outside of Memphis lit up the night sky in the deadliest ship disaster in 19th-century United States history.