Boat

Twelve migrants, including infant, drown as several boats capsize off Greek islands

Greece's shipping minister Vassilis Kikilias blamed migrant traffickers for the deaths and said evidence so far indicated the speedboat struck the left side of a coast guard vessel with its bow.

Greek Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias observes a maritime emergency exercise simulating a drone strike on an oil tanker aboard a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Elefsina, Greece March 31, 2026
ILLUSTRATIVE: This aerial view shows a whaling boat sailing on the Congo River in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 3, 2025.

At least 22 dead after two boats collide on Congo river, official says

Greek Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias observes a maritime emergency exercise simulating a drone strike on an oil tanker aboard a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Elefsina, Greece March 31, 2026

At least 25 missing after boat carrying migrants partially sinks off coast of southern Greek island

Rescuers work at a command post during an operation after the Virgo Transport 8 ship, according to a search and rescue agency, sank while sailing from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 13, 2026.

Rescuers searching for 140 people after missing Indonesian passenger ship sinks


Over 400 migrants died crossing Mediterranean early in 2023 - UN agency

Thousands of mostly African migrants embark on the dangerous journey from the shores of Libya and Egypt, often in small, inflatable boats, in search of a better life in Europe.

 migrant boat

Boat with 400 migrants adrift between Libya and Malta, support service says

The boat sent out a rescue call last night but no rescue mission has been launched yet.

 Aerial view shows the M/V BASILIS L merchant ship, which was ordered to help with rescue efforts of the migrant boat, in the absence of patrol boats from both Italy and Libya, which was en route from Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea March 11, 2023

Spanish patrol boat surveils two Russian ships in Mediterranean Sea

The two Russian ships were identified as the frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the tanker Akademik Pashin. 

THE RUSSIAN Navy’s landing ship ‘Caesar Kunikov’ sails in the Bosphorus near Istanbul earlier this month on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.

Heinz tries to find marooned sailor who survived on only ketchup, spices

Sailor Elvis Francois survived on nothing but ketchup and spices while he was marooned in the Caribbean Sea for 24 days.

Packets of Heinz ketchup are shown in this photo illustration taken April 7, 2021.

US defense agency contracts out long-range flying boat designs

A US Department of Defense agency is developing a heavy-duty, fast-flying, low-altitude transport seaplane.

 Concept design of the DARPA seaplane

At least four dead after migrant boat capsizes off English coast

Despite freezing temperatures, more than 500 migrants have made the journey over the English channel in small boats in the last week alone.

 Police officers gather at the Port of Dover amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, in Dover, Britain December 14, 2022.

In Kherson's wake? Russia drastically cuts cruise missile boat operations in Black Sea

The dwindling of Russian missile boats in the Black Sea comes as Russia suffers low Kalibr stocks and the retreat of Russian ground forces from the Ukrainian port city of Kherson. 

A Russian warship fires [File]

Russian drone destroy Ukrainian military boat - report

The report claims the footage shows the Ukrainian ship hit by a Russian reconnaissance drone. The video also showed smoke emitting from the vessel shortly after impact.

A part of an unmanned aerial vehicle, what Ukrainian military authorities described as an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136 and which was shot down near the town of Kupiansk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, is seen in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 13, 2022

'Catching waves' on land: What is landsickness?

Why do we sometimes continue to feel as if we’re still on a boat, even after having already disembarked?

 Imagine going on a cruise in the sky.

How do 'hitchhiking' marine species survive the ride? - study

Researchers at TAU in Israel conducted a unique experiment on invasive marine species, simulating changing environmental conditions from Asia to Europe.

 The experiment of ascidians conducted by research student Doron Bereza.