DESTREHAN, La. (WVUE) - Fifty years ago Tuesday (Oct. 20), southeast Louisiana was shocked to learn that 77 people were killed in the worst ferry disaster in US history. A 670-foot freighter called ...

St. Charles Parish officials are honoring the 78 people who were killed in the Luling Ferry Disaster 50 years ago. Blood pressure medication recalled nationwide. See the affected drug Election ...

Finnish marine propulsion specialist Steerprop will supply the latest version of its well-established contra-rotating propeller (CRP) technology to a fully electric ferry being built by Polish ...

Steerprop was selected to supply its next-generation contra-rotating propeller (CRP) technology for Estonia's first fully electric passenger ferry, currently under construction at Poland's CRIST SA ...

On September 28, 1994, the passenger ferry MS Estonia sank during a violent storm while traveling from Tallinn to Stockholm, becoming one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters. After ...

A Daily Dose of History (29 Sep 2026) Today's historical events: World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins. Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska. World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ferry disaster in Indonesia has brought renewed attention to the Masalembu Islands, an area long associated with deadly maritime ...

Indonesian authorities intensified a search Monday for 129 people who were missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday, killing at least six passengers. The Virgo ...

On the night of September 27, 1994, the MV Estonia left Tallinn for Stockholm carrying 989 people across the Baltic Sea. What should have been a routine overnight crossing turned into one of Europe’s ...

A deadly ferry disaster in the eastern Mediterranean has caused a junior coalition partner to resign in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, shaking the politics of the breakaway ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A submersible vessel joined the search Tuesday for 20 people missing for two days following a ferry disaster off the coast of Cyprus. Eight people died when the passenger ferry Filo ...