In use since ancient times, lighthouses have proven effective across centuries, despite their simplicity and encroaching ...

In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five ...

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Not only is there reduced traffic, the container ships that arrive often have fewer containers on board. The Port of Oakland operates around the clock, with ships coming and going all day and all ...

Capt. Tobias Kammann on his freighter, the Hanoi Express, docked in Hamburg, Germany. Ships’ access to the Suez Canal has been cut off for the last year by attackers in Yemen.Credit ...