From sudden storms and engine fires to mysterious disappearances and full-blown mutinies, these true cruise ship disasters reveal just how quickly paradise at sea can turn into a nightmare. Imagine ...

A cemetery hiding in plain sight for Milwaukee’s most vulnerable decades ago, and two tales of maritime disaster.

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles), have begun washing ashore along the island’s northern coastline ...

If you haven’t heard of the Sultana, it’s not because Doug Stout, and Dan Fleming, and Chris Evans, and a number of us local historians haven’t tried to let you know about it. On April 27, 1865, after ...

There are a few stories that I often tell when the subject of leadership in disasters is discussed. I figured I’d put them down on paper so I can stop repeating myself. It was pre OPA90, a single-skin ...

View of the S.S. Pacific anchored near Fort Tongass in Alaska in 1868 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British ...

Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. said the newly established “Task Force Philippines” with the United States will enhance the country’s ...