Cruise liners and cargo ships look top-heavy, yet they glide through storms without tipping—how? The secret lies in their design, ballast systems, and invisible forces keeping them balanced.

The United States has condemned a pair of recent Houthi rebel attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, warning that the escalation by the Iran-backed militants in Yemen risks jeopardizing freedom of ...

Six crew members have been rescued from a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea, according to a European Union naval force, after an attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The assault, which ...

Personnel from EU maritime mission Eunavfor Aspides' transport a casualty during rescue operation following an attack by Yemen's Houthi on the Dutch-flagged general cargo ship Minervagracht, which ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Several people remain missing Wednesday following an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea. Six castaway crew members of the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European Union naval force said Tuesday ...

Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as ...

The Black Sea is a key battleground for Russia and Ukraine, the fighting interrupting much of the civilian traffic making its way through the water close to Ukraine's coastline. Mines threaten ...

Modern technology provides the ability to learn definitively what sank the Edmund Fitzgerald — if the restrictions over ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels have released dramatic footage capturing the moment they sank the Greek-owned cargo ship Magic Seas in the Red Sea, highlighting the growing threat to commercial shipping in the ...

Ships harnessed winds as the primary means of propulsion for many centuries before steam engines took center stage in the 1800s; it's quite poetic how maritime travel was greenhouse gas-free long ...