JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The owners of the El Faro ship filed papers in court this week. And in those papers, the company — Tote Maritime — argues it should not be held liable for the ship sinking at sea, ...

The Latest on the final hearing to determine probable cause in the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, which killed 33 mariners (all times local): 9:45 a.m. The National Transportation Safety Board's ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As the hearings into the October 2015 sinking of cargo ship El Faro enter day five in the third round of hearings, we are learning the vessel’s chief mate had requested a device ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Coast Guard has convened the Marine Board of Investigation but this time it’s to figure out what caused El Faro, with ...

South Florida lawyers helped negotiate a more than $5 million settlement with the owners of El Faro, the ship that sank in October during Hurricane Joaquin. South Florida attorneys helped negotiate ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The former chief engineer of a container ship that sank in a hurricane killing 33 sailors said evidence from the ship's "black box" shows a crew working hard to keep it ...

A ship captain's unwillingness to listen to his crew's suggestions to change course from the path of a raging hurricane. A weak corporate safety culture that left crewmembers ill-prepared to deal with ...

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weeks of hearings into the sinking of cargo ship El Faro in a hurricane last fall that included reports the vessel had outdated ...