Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy brochures and endless buffets are stories of chaos, confusion, and survival ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

In an effort to curb maritime disaster, the Indian government has proposed a mandatory rule for the shipping companies. The Directorate General of Shipping, against the backdrop of recent shipping ...

Estefan's appearance at the vessel's christening came shortly after her near-fatal bus accident earlier in the year Richard Fain, the former CEO of the Royal Caribbean Group, is revealing how Gloria ...

Both major shipping disasters (a sinkage and a fire) involving foreign-flagged cargo ships off the coast of the Southwestern Indian state of Kerala are covered under insurance, a top Indian Government ...

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 ...