The Supreme Court described the result as "unprecedented devastation to the marine environment of Sri Lanka," citing the ...

The Carnival Triumph cruise liner suffered a fire in the engine room on Feb. 10, which knocked out the ship's engines, electricity and air conditioning.

A cruise ship that lost power during a storm off the coast of Norway and nearly ran aground in 2019 avoided becoming "one of the worst disasters at sea in modern times," according to a new report ...

May 25, 1986: Some 600 people die when a ferry goes down in the River Meghna in Bangladesh. Jan. 27, 1981: 580 killed when Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas II catches fire and sinks in Java sea.

With more than 2,500 passengers, including crew members, on board, the ship rolled over while still at dock. More than 800 people died in the incident, and 22 entire families perished.

Ship disasters, like airplane crashes, tend to come down to the same rule: No matter how far technology advances, you need a human in charge who knows what to do, especially when something goes wrong.