The ballistic missile hit the Rubymar on the evening of February 18. For months, the cargo ship had been shuttling around the Arabian Sea, uneventfully calling at local ports. But now, taking on water ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An anchored cargo ship in the Pacific is not a fixed point — it's different than parking a car. Even then, with a multi-ton anchor and brawny steel chains resting on the seabed, the ...

A ship's anchor could be the reason behind an oil spill near a port complex in Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, leaving several boats waiting to unload. The spill, which resulted in more than 126,000 ...

A probe is continuing into what caused an offshore pipeline break that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern California, but one emerging possibility is that an anchor on a ...

Second mate Bryan Boyle explained the supply-chain crisis from a mariner's perspective. Cargo ships at some ports race to anchor and reserve spots in lines that can span weeks. Boyle describes how ...

The offshore waters along the Orange and Los Angeles county coasts are teeming with cargo ships, creating a traffic jam into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that has kept dozens of vessels ...

When cruise ships anchor offshore instead of docking, tender boats are used to bring guests ashore. Understanding how the process works ensures a smoother experience at tender ports.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck a pipeline on the ocean floor, causing a major ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, ...