JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Testimony at a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing revealed that a cargo ship that sank after losing propulsion in a hurricane could have suffered a catastrophic boiler ...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind of mechanical failure left the U.S. container ship with 33 people aboard helplessly - and ...

Federal accident investigators on Tuesday began their final meeting to determine the probable cause of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel in ...

El Faro’s sister ship was scrapped for “commercial reasons”, according to the company over the vessel. Through this latest hearing session of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation working the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - The captain of the doomed El Faro cargo ship sounded an alarm for his crew to abandon the vessel shortly before it sank last fall in a hurricane near the Bahamas, killing all ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators on Monday identified wreckage found 15,000 feet deep in the sea as that of the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro. The National Transportation Safety Board ...

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Family members of the El Faro crew are hoping to get answers Friday about what happened to the ship. But they’re also preparing for the pain those answers may bring. The family members are setting up ...

He repeatedly ignored crew's urging to change the ship's route, the NTSB said. — -- The National Transportation Safety Board laid part of the blame for the 2015 sinking of the El Faro on the ship ...

The El Faro Master’s final shoreside communication showed frustration in getting in touch with the ship’s operator, and we’ve now learned about some of the potential problems or miscues that ...

The El Faro was one of two ships owned by TOTE Maritime Inc. that navigated in constant rotation between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan. It brought everything from milk to Mercedes Benzes to the ...