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History's Deadliest Maritime Disaster

What if an earthquake struck so violently that it wiped out entire regions? In 1556, that’s exactly what happened in China.
A passenger ship’s voyage turned into one of the deadliest maritime disasters ever recorded. When it sank, all 364 people aboard were lost, with not a single survivor. This is the tragic story of the ...
Maeve McGoran, the reporter and host of the podcast "Shipwreck: How a Captain, Company and Culture Sank the SS El Faro" ...
In July 2025, the Sri Lanka Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling where it ordered the owners of MV X-press Pearl to pay ...
The hijacking of a fishing trawler in the Mozambique Channel in 2011 forced Southern African states to act. The result was Operation Copper, a joint ...
The first dramatization of the ‘Titanic’ wreck featured a survivor playing a fictionalized version of herself and a love interest named Jack.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has expressed deep sorrow at the untimely passing of the Permanent Secretary for Rural and ...
Tickets for the 2025 Ryder Cup were some of the most expensive in history, with a face value of $750 for the cheapest ticket.
The USNS Comfort was an oil tanker before it was converted into a mercy-class hospital ship by the US Navy in 1987.
A Singapore-headquartered shipping company said today that it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 ...
The disaster of the ferry boat Express Samina on September 26, 2000 off the coast of Paros that claimed the lives of 81 ...
Singapore headquartered X-Press Feeders has refused to abide by Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court order made in July that the company ...