Man steals $210K yacht, sailing straight into $60K of trouble
A man who stole a $210,000 yacht to sail the Cook Strait and get to his son in Wellington...
Unusual marine stories
Up the creek without a paddle
A kayaker believed to have travelled from England to Scotland was left up the creek without a paddle, having...
Tow planned for adrift cargo ship this afternoon
The Dutch cargo ship, Eemslift Hendrika, which has been operating without crew and engine in the Norwegian Sea since...
£100,000 of damage as minesweeper docks in Bahrain
A Royal Navy minesweeper has been damaged after it crashed while trying to dock at a naval base in...
Ex-navy air engineer forges marine model-making lego career
A former Royal Navy air engineer has constructed a new career – as a Lego model-maker. Paul Derrick, who...
Abandoned ship, carrying cargo of boats, adrift in rough seas
The crew of the Dutch ship, Eemslift Hendrika, had to abandon its vessel late on Monday, seemingly after a...
Sewage discharged into rivers 400,000 times in 2020
Water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times in 2020, according to new figures...
Cruise ships suffer anchor losses off South Coast, says MAIB
Cruise ships anchored off the South Coast have suffered ‘anchor losses’, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has revealed. It’s...
Kite surfer rescued from tree after strong gusts
A kite surfer had to be rescued from a tree by emergency services after he was blown off course...
Suez Canal remains impassable
Tugboats, dredgers, diggers and winches have been employed to move the Ever Given, blocking the Suez Canal since Tuesday...
Suez Canal blocked by ‘super-stuck’ container ship
Tugs and diggers are working to refloat a container ship that has blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal. The owner of...
