The SS El Faro's sinking in 2015 was America's worst maritime disaster in decades, taking 33 lives. Afterward, making ships safer became a key goal.

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) – Ten years ago, the cargo ship El Faro sank off of the Bahamas in a massive Category 4 hurricane, ...

Ten years after El Faro sank in a raging hurricane, TradeWinds’ Wavelength Plus podcast takes a deep dive into the legacy of ...

Ten years ago this week, one of the worst maritime disasters in American history took place in the Bahamas. Thirty-three crew members of the container ship SS El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane ...

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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 ...

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

Searchers for a U.S. cargo ship feared lost in Hurricane Joaquin found floating containers, life jackets and life rings today that officials say are consistent with what might have come from the ...

This undated photo provided by TOTE Maritime shows the cargo ship, El Faro. On Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said a search team using sophisticated scanning ...

Sunday marks the eighth anniversary of the sinking of the U. S.-flagged steamship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean. In honor and memory of the crew, local singer-songwriter Jerry Popiel has released his ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. investigators on Friday concluded two weeks of hearings into the sinking of cargo ship El Faro in a hurricane last fall that included reports the vessel had outdated ...

Federal investigators have found the missing data recorder of El Faro, the cargo ship that sank last October during Hurricane Joaquin, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A team of ...