National board finds 2 blackouts struck huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore bridge

The board approved the findings and a set of recommendations to prevent similar tragedies during a hearing in Washington.
Opinion

Key Bridge: One loose wire, $5.2B price tag | EDITORIAL

Editorial: Key Bridge collapse might have been averted, investigators say, but failing to rebuild could also prove disastrous.
The Washington Post

NTSB finds 2 blackouts struck huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore bridge

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The loss of electrical power from a loose wire caused a huge cargo ship to lose propulsion and steering before crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to ...

Federal probe faults ship's wire failure, lack of bridge reinforcement for Key Bridge disaster

A loose wire on a container ship and a failure by Maryland officials to conduct a crucial risk assessment were largely to blame for last year’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, which ...
TradeWinds

Fire still burning on ONE container ship near Port of Los Angeles

A fire that broke out on a Ocean Network Express (ONE) operated container ship over the weekend is still burning, although ...
TradeWinds

Fire on board United Reefer Services container ship in Wilmington injures four

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Fire erupts aboard container ship at Port of LA, briefly prompts shelter-in-place order

The 1,102-foot-long (336-meter-long) vessel is operated by One Ocean Express, a shipping company headquartered in Singapore.
KVUE

50 years later, the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on in fascination with the maritime disaster

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Monday is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, marking a half-century of fascination with one of the most infamous nautical ...
Yahoo

History's most tragic ships, and their heartbreaking stories

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering the ocean floor. Many of these ships hide ...