Tag: Maritime accidents
3 more federal lawsuits filed over Seacor Power disaster
NEW ORLEANS — More lawsuits filed Tuesday in the capsizing of an offshore oil service vessel in a Gulf of Mexico storm provide harrowing...
Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...
Lawsuit: Survivor details moments when lift boat capsizes
NEW ORLEANS — A man who was on a lift boat that capsized eight miles (about 13 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast in April...
Striking seamen in Greece temporarily disrupt ferry services
PIRAEUS, Greece — Ferry services to the Greek islands were disrupted Thursday morning after a seamen’s union went ahead with a strike that a...
Utah man faces sentencing in beating death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska — The father of a Utah woman beaten to death by her husband on an Alaska cruise in 2017 told a judge...
Migrants are warned of smuggling risks on California border
SAN DIEGO — A man alleged to have captained a boat that fell apart and killed three people off the San Diego coast has...
Seacor Power oil boat to be pulled from sea after capsizing
PORT FOURCHON, La. — Authorities say they’re preparing to move a capsized oil industry boat from the site of its deadly April accident.
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1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic
SOAVE, Italy — Early risers in Venice were surprised Thursday to see a cruise ship nosing down the Giudecca canal for the first time...
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says.
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Biden’s AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm
Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear...