In the last 10 years or so, ship sizes have exploded. Now, the largest can handle more than 24,000 containers. The thing is, when ships get that big, they also get more risky.

For decades, big ships lumbered into Waukegan Harbor ferrying all kinds of cargo — wheat, cattle, steel, even outboard motors — to and from the city’s waterfront, a hive of wareho… ...

Neoline is preparing to build ships that are 136 meters long—longer than a football field—that have massive sails and can transport 500 cars.

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The commercial shipping industry is chasing a novel carbon-free propulsion technology as it pursues a lofty climate goal: nuclear power.

The Guardian reported on Monday that scientists are calling for big cargo ships to reroute in an effort to protect endangered blue whales that live off southern Sri Lanka. According to marine ...

Cargo ships run into sharks and whales, and pollute the ocean with noise, harming marine animals. ... But there’s a big drawback to ships slowing down or going on a different route: ...

The thing is, when ships get that big, they also get more risky. “Imagine looking for a source of fire in 25,000 containers,” said Capt. Rahul Khanna, global head of marine risk consulting at ...

The world’s biggest container-shipping operators are making an expensive bet by committing billions of dollars in giant vessel orders. So far, that bet is a losing one as freight rates hover ...