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Part of Houston Ship Channel Closed After Tanker, Carrier Collide

A portion of the busy Houston Ship Channel was shut on March 9 after two ships collided in fog, causing a leak of flammable liquid. Methyl tertiary-butyl ether, or MTBE, a gasoline additive aboard the Danish-flagged chemical tanker Carla Maersk, …

Probe into Fatal Hong Kong Ferry Collision May Take Six Months

Hong Kong authorities began inspecting the wreckage of a leisure boat on Wednesday amid questions over how a collision with a commuter ferry in relatively calm weather killed 38 people in one of the city’s worst accidents in recent decades. …

At Least 37 Dead in Hong Kong Ferry Collision

At least 37 people died and dozens were injured when a ferry carrying more than 120 people on a company outing collided with another ferry and sank near an island south of Hong Kong on Monday night in one of …

Trains Weren’t Speeding Before Fatal Oklahoma Wreck

Two freight trains were not speeding when they collided in a fiery head-on crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to a preliminary federal report released July 9. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the eastbound …