BEIJING — Hopes had dimmed Wednesday that the nearly 300 missing passengers who were trapped aboard a sunken ferry had survived after divers spent hours searching the vessel and had yet to find anyone ...

Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds ...

On the night of September 27, 1994, the cruise ferry Estonia was sailing from Tallinn to Stockholm when disaster struck in the Baltic Sea. As powerful waves battered the ship, the bow visor failed and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials from the Philippine Coast Guard, transportation department and maritime authority conduct a press briefing about the ...

A ferry with more than 340 people onboard sank early Monday off the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 and leaving 10 still missing, the coast guard said. Search-and-rescue efforts were ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials on Tuesday grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at least 18 people dead, ...

Stranded residents and impacted businesses north of the Daintree River are calling on authorities to declare the situation a ...