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• Disabled Carnival ship leaves Alabama port

  May 8, 2013 3:20 PM

  MOBILE, Ala.- The Carnival Triumph is headed back to sea three months after limping into port following an engine room fire. The cruise ship left the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile under its own power Wednesday after extensive work to repair damage from the fire. Triumph is now headed to... more »

• FBI looks at cruise ship death out of Baltimore

  March 26, 2013 10:05 AM

  BALTIMORE - Royal Caribbean says the FBI is investigating a death aboard one of its cruise ships. The Enchantment of the Seas returned to Baltimore as scheduled Monday after a 62-year-old woman was found dead in her cabin Sunday. Royal Caribbean says it contacted the FBI and local... more »

• Another Carnival ship experiences problems

  March 15, 2013 8:31 AM

  TAMPA, Fla. - For the second time this week, Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems during a cruise. On Friday, the company said a technical issue with one of the ship's thrusters is affecting the sailing speed of the Legend, forcing the cancellation of a... more »

• Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak

  February 18, 2013 2:07 PM

  MOBILE, Ala.- A leak in a fuel engine return line is to blame for a fire on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph, that's according to the Coast Guard. The fire paralyzed the ship, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico until tugboats towed it to Mobile. It... more »

• 1st lawsuit already filed in cruise ship mishap

  February 15, 2013 4:20 PM

  MIAMI - The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers in miserable conditions for days. Texas resident Cassie Terry sued Carnival Corp. on Friday in Miami federal court. The suit seeks unspecified damages, saying Terry feared for... more »

• Cruise passengers arrive at home port in Texas

  February 15, 2013 8:49 AM

  GALVESTON, Texas- Weary passengers of the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph are returning to the ship's departure port in South Texas after five days at sea on a liner left powerless by an engine-room fire. Buses began arriving at the Port of Galveston on Friday morning after an eight-hour drive... more »

• Disabled cruise ship arrives in Mobile Bay

  February 14, 2013 4:28 PM

  MOBILE, Ala. - The disabled Carnival cruise liner Triumph finally limped into Mobile Bay this afternoon, but is still hours away from it's final destination. The ship is 30 miles from the terminal, and has to navigate the tricky turns and cross currents in Mobile Bay without power. ... more »

• Coast Guard: Disabled cruise ship is moving again

  February 14, 2013 2:42 PM

  MOBILE, Ala.- A disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico is moving again toward the Alabama shore, after a towline broke and delayed the ship's slow journey, that's according to Coast Guard officials. A new tugboat has been secured, allowing the Carnival Triumph to continue its way to... more »

• Expected arrival of disabled ship is pushed back

  February 14, 2013 10:27 AM

  MOBILE, Ala. - A Carnival spokesman says the towing of a disabled cruise ship that has been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for days is taking longer than anticipated. Spokesman Vance Gulliksen says the Triumph is now expected to arrive alongside the cruise terminal in Mobile between 8 and... more »

• Captain of wrecked Costa ship contests firing

  January 30, 2013 6:16 AM

  ROME - The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia is in an Italian court today to contest his firing. Francesco Schettino is challenging Costa Crociere SpA's decision to fire him after the Concordia ran aground off Tuscany Jan. 13, 2012, and capsized, killing 32 people. Court-appointed experts have blamed Schettino... more »

• Barge hits Miss. River bridge: Oil cleanup ongoing

  January 28, 2013 8:49 AM

  JACKSON, Miss.- The Coast Guard says a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River remains closed to barge and ship traffic as cleanup crews with booms work to remove an oily sheen near Vicksburg after a barge with 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge last weekend. Coast Guard... more »

• Tanker which hit Calif. bridge had no oil cargo

  January 7, 2013 4:32 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO - Officials say the ship that hit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was not carrying oil as cargo, only fuel to power its engines. The ship struck a tower of the bridge's western span around 11:20 a.m. Monday. Coast Guard and transportation officials say there were no reports... more »

• No oil spill seen at Shell drill ship in Alaska

  January 1, 2013 11:26 AM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An overnight Coast Guard flight over an Alaska drilling rig that ran aground in shallow water on New Year's Eve found no signs of a fuel spill. But officials at a unified command center run by the Coast Guard, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, state responders and others... more »

• Search for tall ship captain goes into its 3rd day

  October 31, 2012 7:03 AM

  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The search for the captain of a tall ship that sank in the Atlantic during Sandy is in its third day. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill said Wednesday morning that a cutter searched for Robin Walbridge overnight and two C-130 planes would... more »

• Coast Guard finds 1 missing crew member of ship

  October 29, 2012 5:23 PM

  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The Coast Guard says it has found one of the missing crew members of a tall ship that went down off the North Carolina coast, but she is unresponsive. Lt. Mike Patterson said crews are taking 42-year-old Claudene Christian to the hospital. The Coast Guard is... more »

• 14 rescued, 2 missing from tall ship off NC

  October 29, 2012 10:30 AM

  PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard has rescued 14 members of the crew forced to abandon the tall ship HMS Bounty caught in Hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina Outer Banks. The Coast Guard is searching for two other crew members. It corrected the total number of crew to 16... more »

• Naval simulator gives Southern students edge Play Video

  October 9, 2012 6:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Southern University Naval ROTC students won't have to leave the bluff next time they want to practice battle maneuvers or port navigation, thanks to the Mariner Skills simulator. The $90,000 simulator was purchased by the Navy to help train future sailors on nearly any ship in the... more »

• Stowaway kitten

  July 12, 2012 7:44 PM

  A kitten survived a trip in a cargo container on a ship for the passage from Shanghai to Los Angeles. That's about 6,500 miles without food or water. The kitten was retrieved from the container at a business it was delivered to in the Los Angeles area. The kitten is... more »

• Navy awards $212M contract to Textron in Slidell

  July 6, 2012 5:57 PM

  SLIDELL - The Navy has awarded a $212 million contract for a Textron Inc. facility in Slidell to design and build an amphibious landing craft called a "Ship-to-Shore Connector." Sen. Mary Landrieu's office said the contract announced Friday includes options that could make it worth as much as $570 million.... more »

• "Costa Concordia" salvage plans

  May 18, 2012 11:23 AM

  ROME - The head of a U.S.-owned marine salvage company chosen to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the waters off Tuscany is predicting the vessel will be ready for towing by early next year. Capt. Richard Habib is the managing director of Titan Salvage. ... more »

• Shipwreck discovered off Gulf of Mexico

  May 18, 2012 11:14 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Gin bottles, cannons, muskets and ceramic dinnerware, some 200 years old, have been discovered at a shipwreck site in little-chartered waters off the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say the site, about 200 miles off the coast and about 4,000 feet deep, is one of... more »

• Ship operator pleads guilty in pollution probe

  March 9, 2012 6:51 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The operator of a cargo ship has pleaded guilty in New Orleans to violating federal pollution laws and obstruction of justice. A plea agreement entered Thursday calls for Athens, Greece-based Odysea Carriers to pay a $1.2 million criminal penalty. A community service organization in Louisiana would receive... more »

• Disabled cruise ship docks in Seychelles port

  March 1, 2012 4:12 AM

  VICTORIA, Seychelles - A disabled cruise ship has docked in a Seychelles port after three days at sea without power. Passengers lined the railings and a few began to clap as the Costa Allegra drew close to the crowded dock Thursday morning. The Seychelles Red Cross has set up several... more »

• Italy officials: Divers find 8 bodies in cruise ship wreckage

  February 22, 2012 11:05 AM

  ROME- Italian authorities say divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship have spotted four more bodies in a submerged section of a passenger deck. The national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation, said the bodies were sighted Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after four other bodies were... more »

• Norovirus outbreak delays cruise ship

  February 6, 2012 3:43 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Port of New Orleans says a stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Sea" this weekend. Spokesman Chris Bonura says the ship left a couple hours late Saturday. State epidemiologist Raoult Ratard says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... more »

• Divers, crane in place for Italy ship fuel pumping

  January 24, 2012 6:29 AM

  ROME - Workers and equipment are moving into place to begin pumping out the half-million gallons of fuel from the toppled Costa Concordia before it spills into the pristine seas off Tuscany. A crew believed to be from the Dutch shipwreck salvage firm Smit was seen on the bow of... more »

• Search teams suspend operations at stricken ship

  January 18, 2012 6:34 AM

  ROME (AP) - Search teams have suspended operations after an enormous cruise ship grounded and partially submerged off the coast of Tuscany shifted under turbulent seas. The Costa Concordia cruise liner had more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board when it slammed into the reef Friday off the tiny... more »

• Whale research team focuses on oil spill

  July 21, 2011 6:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE- One of the world's most sophisticated whale research vessels is making a pit stop in Baton Rouge this week. The Ocean Alliance's Odyssey ship is stocked with high tech lab equipment made for studying whales. The group is on a five year research expedition to study the... more »

• Stolen ship propeller damages road in Miss.

  April 11, 2011 3:17 PM

  LATIMER, Miss.- Authorities in southern Mississippi say a 400-pound ship's propeller damaged a newly paved road when a man tried to steal it by tying it to his truck and dragging it to a scrap yard. Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigators say 23-year-old Chad Hickson tried to steal the... more »

• Cameron Ship Channel reopened after pipeline rupture

  April 1, 2011 3:29 PM

  CAMERON, La. - The Calcasieu Ship Channel has been reopened following a rupture of a natural gas pipeline. The Coast Guard says a dredging barge reported the rupture late Wednesday, forcing the channel's closure. The channel was reopened late Thursday after sonar scans of the pipeline showed no problems... more »

• Ship channel closed by pipeline rupture

  March 31, 2011 4:37 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Calcasieu Ship Channel has been closed because of a ruptured petroleum pipeline near Cameron. The Coast Guard says a dredging barge reported the rupture late Wednesday, forcing the channel's closure. The Coast Guard says a crew that flew over Thursday did not see any... more »

• Ohio firm plans to buy Nortrhop Grumman shipyards

  October 15, 2010 11:27 AM

  A potential buyer of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems has written governors in three states saying it plans to quickly finalize contract negotiations to preserve an estimated $5 billion in work for the Navy and Coast Guard. The Mississippi Press reports Cleveland Shipbuilding Group, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, sent the letters... more »

• Greek company to pay $700,000 in pollution case

  September 30, 2010 5:15 AM

  A Greek shipping company has been ordered to pay $700,000 in criminal penalties for violating federal pollution laws. Stanships Inc. of Athens, Greece, pleaded guilty in June to charges that one of its ships knowingly discharged oil in the Gulf of Mexico and falsified ship records to conceal the pollution.... more »

• Titanic expedition provides new images

  August 29, 2010 3:40 PM

  An expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic is showing off some crisp images of the world's most famous shipwreck. Officials from Expedition Titanic are using a pair of robots to take thousands of photographs and hours of video of the wreck, which lies roughly 2.5 miles below the surface.... more »

• Kitten quartet found aboard destroyer ship

  August 29, 2010 11:50 AM

  When the USS Orleck departed Orange, Texas, for Lake Charles on May 18, the Gearing-class destroyer had four secret stowaways. They managed to remain undetected for the vessel's two-day trip to Lake Charles. Once the Orleck docked at its new home-port on the Calcasieu River, Debbie Lynn Hoffpauir and other... more »

• Spider-infested ship turned back from Guam landing

  July 20, 2010 6:06 AM

  A ship was turned away from the U.S. territory of Guam after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo. The Guam Department of Agriculture says hundreds of large spiders and thousands of smaller ones were seen when dockworkers began offloading insulation and beams for housing units from the ship, the... more »

• Oil-skimming ship makes Va. stop

  June 25, 2010 9:02 AM

  A ship billed as the world's largest oil-skimming vessel is making a Virginia port-of-call before heading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil-gulping ship "A Whale" arrived at Norfolk International Terminal on Thursday, and is scheduled to sail to the Gulf Friday. Owners of... more »

• Greek company to pay $1.3M in pollution case

  June 24, 2010 5:59 AM

  A Greek shipping company will pay more than $1 million in penalties and fines after one of its ships illegally discharged oil and failed to report it to authorities. Stanships Inc. of Athens, Greece, agreed to pay a $700,000 criminal penalty, a $525,000 fine and a $125,000 community service payment... more »

• Bell from USS Ponchatoula: dedication May 3-6

  April 26, 2010 5:27 AM

  Navy veterans who served on the USS Ponchatoula will hold a reunion in Ponchatoula May 3-6 and dedicate a bell that once hung from one of its masts. There have been two ships by that name. The bell is from the first - a tanker that served in the Pacific... more »

• Pirates attack Maersk Alabama again

  November 18, 2009 6:52 AM

  For the second time in seven months, Somali pirates have attacked the Maersk Alabama, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt. Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage, holding in a lifeboat for five days. more »