Ask any Michigan child to name two famous shipwrecks and, chances are, they’ll say the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

From sudden storms and engine fires to mysterious disappearances and full-blown mutinies, these true cruise ship disasters reveal just how quickly paradise at sea can turn into a nightmare. Imagine ...

Retelling shipwreck stories help keep the memories of their victims alive. How the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS Carl D. Bradley ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles), have begun washing ashore along the island’s northern coastline ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

With the weather forecasting capabilities of today, the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald may not have even embarked from port.

All 1,081 feet of the Epic, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, had disappeared and we were nowhere near the Bermuda Triangle. We were in Catania, Italy, and when we departed for lunch the ship was there.

The Whitefish Point museum holds the ship's bell, and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather to remember the ...