Why Do Ships Measure Speed In Knots?

The answer has its roots in Portuguese, Dutch, and English sailors who needed a way to tell how fast they were going in an ...

How fast can ships go? 12 of the biggest questions in cruising answered

How fast do cruise ships sail, what do crews get paid and why are bananas on board considered unlucky? The big questions in ...
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Contingencies, Container Ships, and Lighterage

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 2 (March–April 1970), pages 16–22.] A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of big, ...
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How Fast Do Cruise Ships Go? A Look At Their Top Speed

Cruise ships are powered by several of the most powerful engines available. These series of engines are needed by the ship to both propel its enormous mass and generate the electricity needed because, ...
The New York Times

THREE FAST SHIPS.

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Fast Company

The world’s first zero-emission cruise ship will have sails covered in solar panels

In Norway, R&D is underway on what will likely be the world’s first cruise ship to run solely on renewable energy and batteries. Last year, the Norwegian cruise company Hurtigruten (Norwegian for “the ...