One of the most famous black seamen was James Forten, who enlisted on the privateer Royal Louis as a powder boy, was captured along with his ship's crew, and spent time on a British prison barge ...

By Phil Noble WITHERNSEA, England (Reuters) -Salvage crews headed to a damaged jet fuel tanker off the coast of England on ...

The US-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate was involved in a collision with the Portuguese-flagged Solong container ship. Most of the jet fuel onboard remained intact, with only two of the 18 tanks ...

The Solong container ship, involved in a collision off England's northeast coast, is unlikely to stay afloat, according to British maritime minister Mike Kane. The incident led to the assumption that ...

An oil tanker and a cargo vessel collided off the British coast in the North Sea on Monday, the U.K. coast guard said.