Rescue Operation Off South Africa Turns Tragic as Rescuers Are Killed

Published Oct 1, 2026 6:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

A rescue operation off the southern coast of South Africa’s Western Cape region went horribly wrong on Wednesday, September 30, wi...

Medical-Flight Helicopter Crashes Off Catalina, Killing Two

Published Oct 1, 2026 5:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard launched a high-priority effort to try to find a missing individual from a medical-flight...

Published Oct 1, 2026 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Police in Indonesia are formally investigating the master of the Virgo Transport 8, the ferry that capsized in the Java Sea last m...

Published Oct 1, 2026 4:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard is still on the scene of a fire aboard a tanker carrying molasses that was docked in Calaca, south of M...

Published Sep 30, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard has filed its first criminal complaint in connection with the tragic fire aboard the ferry June Aster,...

Published Sep 30, 2026 5:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

Salvors have successfully towed the burned-out fishing vessel Triumf into port at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Russian Far East...

Published Sep 29, 2026 7:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The mystery continues around the circumstances around the MSC Hermes III containership after Vietnamese authorities reported an em...

Published Sep 29, 2026 5:59 PM by Triana McNeil

Fires on vessels present serious dangers to passengers, crew, and firefighters; can have significant environmental impact; and can...

Published Sep 28, 2026 10:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Correction: A previous version of this article inaccurately associated the offshore vessel Astro Sculptor with an Omani commercial...

Published Sep 28, 2026 11:31 AM by The Maritime Executive

A specialized damage control team from the Indian Coast Guard was able to arrest the flooding endangering a product tanker off the...