Maritime Transportation
This industry includes entities that transport passengers and cargo using watercraft, such as ships, barges, and boats. This includes deep sea, coastal, and inland water transportation. Sector index 1.5/100 · 6 incidents · 6 companies with incidents of 262 tracked.
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Incidents
| Sev | Date | Company | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ~Jun 2026 | Royal Navy | malfunction | Portsmouth, England, UK | Royal Navy autonomous drone boat malfunctions, collides with yacht in Portsmouth Harbour · 1 unmanned surface vessel | GB News |
| S2 | 25 Apr 2026 | Konecranes | fire | Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Fire damages mobile harbour crane in Port of Itajai · 1 mobile harbour crane | WorldCargo News |
| S3 | 23 Jun 2025 | U.S. Navy | malfunction | Ventura, CA, USA | Navy unmanned surface vessel malfunctions during tow test, capsizes support boat · 1 unmanned surface vessel, 1 support boat capsized | DefenseScoop |
| S3 | 23 Jun 2025 | Maritime Applied Physics Corporation | malfunction | — | Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat | DefenseScoop |
| S4 | 02 Sep 2022 | Saildrone | mission-loss | Red Sea | Iran temporarily seizes two Saildrone Explorer USVs in Red Sea · 2 USVs | USNI News |
| S5 | ~Dec 2016 | Schiebel | fatality | South Korea | Schiebel S-100 crash kills engineer in South Korea · 1 fatality | suasnews.com |
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