Cargo liquefaction continues to plague the dry bulk shipping industry resulting in 70 seafarers losing their lives over the last decade.

A gas explosion at the port of Aqaba in Jordan has killed at least 12 people and injured over 250.

During the very last days of April, there was a fire aboard the tanker Endo Breeze transiting New York harbour’s Raritan Bay.

Insurer Allianz’s annual review of safety and shipping shows a record low in total losses, a higher number of incidents, and a focus on catastrophic cargo fires.

P&O Ferries’ European Causeway spent hours adrift in the Irish Sea, reportedly due to a "mechanical issue".

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, Bahri, has confirmed the death of one crew member and the serious injury to another in an incident on board chemical tanker NCC SAFA.

The Tunisian government is confident that the 750-tonne consignment of diesel that went down with the MV Xelo on Friday can be removed before it has chance to cause an environmental disaster.

The Ever Forward has been refloated after a 35-day salvage operation and the offloading of 500 containers.

A Wan Hai Lines containership has been towed to safety in San Francisco Bay following a loss of engine power.

Salvors are to lighter cargo from the grounded Ever Forward before making another attempt to refloat the vessel.