On July 28, 2026, an explosion and fire were reported aboard the Norwegian chemical tanker Bergstraum while the vessel was outside Fredrikstad, Norway, south of the entrance to Oslo Fjord. The tanker was carrying sulfuric acid, raising concerns about a possible cargo...
On July 25, 2026, one person was killed and three others were injured after a 32-foot Boston Whaler struck an Intracoastal Waterway channel marker in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. According to the preliminary investigation, the vessel was traveling through the...
On July 25, 2026, three people were hospitalized after two boats collided in Biscayne Bay near Bay Harbor Islands in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Authorities reported that the collision occurred around 1:00 a.m. near West Broadview Drive and 103rd Street. The three...
On July 25, 2026, a shrimp boat identified as the Capt. Peter II caught fire while docked at the Allen C. Williams Boat Yard in Pensacola Bay behind Joe Patti’s in Pensacola, Florida. According to the Pensacola Fire Department, crews were dispatched at approximately...
Barge workers perform difficult and dangerous work on rivers, canals, ports, terminals, shipyards, and inland waterways. They may serve as deckhands, tankermen, engineers, captains, mates, welders, mechanics, cargo workers, cleaners, inspectors, or contractors. Their...
One person died, two people were missing, and 16 others were rescued Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2026, after a pontoon boat carrying 19 people sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. According to the San Francisco Fire Department, crews arrived to find a...
A Nevada woman was killed Saturday morning, July 11, 2026, after a personal watercraft and a recreational boat collided on Frenchman Lake in Plumas County, California. According to the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received an emergency text at...
A 66-year-old man died after a boat crash on Lake Michigan near Hammond, Indiana, on Saturday night, July 11, 2026. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources identified the victim as a resident of Round Lake Beach. According to authorities, the boat was trying to...
Three people were killed Saturday night, July 12, 2026, after a pontoon boat carrying six people capsized on Lake Pepin near Pepin, Wisconsin, following a collision with a commercial barge. According to a joint release from the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office and the...
A crew member died Monday, July 13, 2026, after going overboard from the Regal Princess off the coast of Cancún, Mexico. Princess Cruises confirmed that a search was initially underway for the crew member and later confirmed that the crew member had died. The cruise...