Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...

How does a container ship carrying thousands of tons of cargo suddenly break in half? This video tells the story of a vessel that split apart at sea, losing 4,293 containers and becoming one of the ...

The MIT Maritime Consortium released a safety handbook for nuclear-powered ships on October 20, 2025, a move that arrives as the shipping industry wrestles with how to decarbonize vessels large enough ...

Authorities in Sri Lanka were trying to head off a potential environmental disaster Thursday as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country's main ...