Maritime Transport

Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some of the least environmentally friendly transportation fuels available. There are no cheap, widely available ...

A burnt-out container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime environmental disaster was sinking Wednesday with several hundred tonnes of oil still in its fuel tanks, the navy said.

Baxter Marine Group reorganizes its operating companies under the Wheelhouse Technologies brand

Renewable spending needs to double to $4 trillion per year by 2030.

A terrifying and record-breaking wave of Covid-19 in India threatens to stall the country's economic recovery and send shockwaves through several important global industries.

With fierce competition for shipping containers and space on ocean liners, Wayfair is scaling up its hands-on management of ocean freight.

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of

A remotely piloted boat packed with explosives targeted the Saudi port of Yanbu in the Red Sea on Tuesday, the kingdom said, with the blast sending black...

A partial strike scheduled to start Wednesday by Port of Montreal dockworkers threatens to increase congestion in other parts of North America and further waylay shipments at a time of surging shipping costs and delays.

Travel restrictions have seafarers stuck aboard ships or unable to leave countries.

In the 1950s, trucking magnate Malcom McLean changed the world when he got frustrated enough with the speed of trucking and traffic to start a commercial shipping company in order to move goods up and...

Apr. 6—The former University of Idaho associate director of alumni relations pleaded innocent Monday in Latah County Second District Court to two felony...

Using satellite imagery and ship positioning data, The Washington Post reconstructed the frantic effort to dig, push and pull the vessel free.

Some of the world's biggest oceangoing vessels seem more like cities at sea than actual ships, so maneuvering these massive beasts -- from cruise ships to container vessels like the one that blocked the Suez Canal -- is a tricky process fraught with peril. This is what it's like to be at the helm of one of these leviathans.

Egyptian officials say divers are inspecting the underside of a colossal containership that had blocked the Suez Canal

The Suez Canal blockade is a reminder that sea freight still keeps the global economy running—and leaders and consumers ignore it at their peril.

Ever Given, the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, is now unstuck.

(Bloomberg) -- The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway's longest closure in almost half a century is just...

The Ever Given was stuck for nearly a week but, thanks to a huge rescue effort and help from the moon itself, traffic has resumed on the Suez Canal.

The last time ships got stuck in the Suez Canal, they were there for eight years and developed a separate society with its own Olympic Games.