First [Russian cargo ship] Sparta broke down off the coast of [the Syrian city of] Tartus, now Ursa Major appears to have suffered a more severe breakdown." There are still many unknowns about the ...

On December 16, the tanker Mercury lost propulsion due to a failure of its main engine, around 30 miles northeast of Simushir ...

The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria following an explosion in its ...

A Russian cargo ship has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea after an explosion onboard, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Dec. 24. The explosion occurred in Ursa Major’s engine rooms just after ...

A Russian cargo ship that sank after an explosion ripped through its engine room was a victim of an “act of terrorism”, the vessel’s owner has said. The Ursa Major cargo ship went down in ...

An explosion sank a sanctioned Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea on ... of the Russian Foreign Ministry said the vessel, Ursa Major, sank south of Spain after a blast in the engine ...

The Ursa Major is listed on MarineTraffic.com as a 124.7m long general cargo ship that was sailing from the Russian city of Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. Russian ...

In a statement on Dec. 20, Oboronlogistika said the cargo ship was headed to Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok carrying two cranes for the port weighing 380 tons each. Ursa Major had left ...

Ship was en route to Vladivostok, says owner Was reported to be carrying port cranes, ice-breaker parts 14 crew rescued, two still missing Cause of engine room explosion unknown so far MOSCOW, Dec ...

A Russian cargo ship allegedly bound for Syria sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing on Monday. Fourteen of the Ursa Major's crew were rescued ...

A Russian cargo ship has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, with 14 crew members rescued and two others still missing. The Ursa Major vessel had been heading to the eastern ...