From early steamships to modern azipods, this breaks down the hydrodynamic, mechanical, and safety reasons ships push rather than pull through the water, and why placing the propeller ahead of the ...

The steamer Tasmania left Auckland for Dunedin but a storm struck on a leg of its journey on July 28, 1897, and the ship carrying passengers and cargo hit rocks off Mahia Peninsula and quickly sank, ...

Great things happen when experts in their field join forces to create a revolutionary green shipping concept. This next-generation vessel is more than an answer to zero-emission maritime cargo ...

Official sources have not confirmed published images that appear to show a Chinese cargo ship converted to a floating missile launching platform. The images reportedly found on the Chinese Internet ...

Jose Miguel Bermudez, CEO and co-founder of bound4blue, believes that wind propulsion is "a proven solution for an industry in solution", but today's sails look and perform totally differently from ...

In December 1951, the cargo ship SS Flying Enterprise was crippled by a massive Atlantic storm. As her crew abandoned ship, Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen remained aboard for days, refusing to leave.

(AP) — A fire on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles was nearly contained Saturday afternoon, though authorities were still assessing whether enough hazardous material burned to cause ...

More than 180 emergency workers were called to assist with the incident, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department abc7/youtube An electrical fire broke out below deck on a cargo ship docked in the ...

A cargo ship caught fire at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on Friday, forcing the crew to evacuate the ship, according to officials, who described the incident as a major emergency. All 23 crew ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A major emergency was declared at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as firefighters battled a massive electrical ...