By MarEx 2015-04-19 19:07:15 PortMiami Webcam filmed the P&O cruise ship Oriana returning to port a few hours after departure on April 18 after a suspected engineroom fire. The vessel was ...
Possible Engineroom Fire on Oriana
World’s First LNG-Powered Containership Launched
By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-19 17:22:02 On Saturday, April 18 General Dynamics NASSCO launched the Isla Bella, the world's first LNG-powered containership from its San Diego-based shipyard. The 3,100TEU ...
Deepwater Horizon Costing BP $42 Billion
By MarEx 2015-04-19 16:56:24 Five years after the Deepwater Horizon accident, the largest oil spill in U.S. history, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the ...
EU Considers Naval Action in Libya
By MarEx 2015-04-19 16:22:36 The EU is considering sending warships to the Libyan coast to combat oil and arms smugglers but fears that could encourage more migrants to take to sea in hopes of being ...
700 Migrants Feared Dead off Libya
By MarEx 2015-04-19 07:48:17 As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in what may be one of the worst disasters of ...
Drug Bust: Cruise Ship Galley Worker Arrested
By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-18 22:29:25 A Nicaraguan galley worker has been arrested in Roatan in the Caribbean after allegedly attempting to board the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn with cocaine hidden in ...
Two Ships Aground in Suez Canal
By MarEx 2015-04-18 18:22:21 A container ship ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal in dense mist on Saturday morning, the canal authority said, delaying traffic through a vital global trade route for ...
Diesel Spill in Mississippi, Pipe Ruptured
By MarEx 2015-04-18 01:22:50 A section of the Mississippi River was closed on Friday following a diesel spill from a pipeline belonging to Phillips 66, the U.S. Coast Guard said. About 30,000 ...
Concerns Raised about Cruise Passenger Protection
By MarEx 2015-04-18 01:11:59 U.S. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard expressing concerns with oversights ...
USS Independence Amazingly Intact after Nuclear Tests
By MarEx 2015-04-18 00:05:58 NOAA, working with private industry partners and the U.S. Navy, has confirmed the location and condition of the USS Independence, the lead ship of its class of light ...


