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 do cruise ships sail, what do crews get paid and why are bananas on board considered unlucky? The big questions in ...

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 U.S. LNG industry will start facing restrictions just as export volumes are set to surge, Leslie Palti- Guzman writes in ...

A CalTech spinoff uses limestone to tackle carbon dioxide in shipping exhaust. The shipping company Lomar will soon begin testing the process. The technology, which spun out of research at CalTech, ...

The uniqueness of the Fitzgerald and the unknowns surrounding its demise may be part of why it’s so well-preserved in the memory of those who were here to experience it. Lynn has shadowy recollections ...

[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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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 ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard ...

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on Friday launched the last two Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) in its eight-vessel contract with the ...