Modern cargo ships are massive, carrying tens of thousands of containers and reshaping global trade. The key reason? Economics. Bigger ships reduce costs per container, making shipping cheaper and ...

The head of logistics for the United States’ armed forces is calling for the purchase of 10 used cargo ships to bolster the ...

Modern replicas have achieved speeds of up ... which ranged from a stocky cargo ship with a capacity of 24 tons to two sleek longships. The larger of the longships, measuring 95 feet in length ...

Container ships are an astonishing ... to carry gargantuan loads of cargo across large expanses of the ocean have revolutionized transportation in the modern world. Current estimates indicate ...

The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing ... given the sophistication of modern shipping technology. “It seems a mystery, really, because all the vessels now have ...

A U.S.-flagged tanker carrying jet fuel was struck by a cargo ship in the North Sea off the coast of eastern England on Monday, triggering multiple explosions, setting both vessels on fire and ...

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into ... said most of its jet fuel cargo remained intact.