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The two capesized carriers, the YM Serenity and HL Eco, collided after the HL Eco lost power while trying to anchor at port.

This Video of Two Huge Ships Colliding Is Actually Terrifying

By Frank Landymore

The Blue Visby Solution proposes that cargo ships stop arriving way ahead of schedule and reduce their top speeds at sea to save fuel.

Renewable Energy

Ingenious Trick Cuts Cargo Ship Carbon Emissions by 17 Percent

By Frank Landymore

Maersk, which chartered the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was recently sanctioned by US regulators for stifling whistleblowers.

Advanced Transport

Cargo Giant That Took Out Bridge Had Silenced Whistleblower Who Warned About Safety

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A growing number of container ships are using sails and even kites to propel themselves across the ocean, saving fuel and cutting emissions.

They’re Putting Sails on Giant Container Ships

By Victor Tangermann

A new crude oil supertanker launched by the China Merchant Energy Shipping company (CMES) is making use of four large sails to reduce its fuel consumption.

Supertanker Becomes Vastly More Efficient by Adding Small Sails

By Victor Tangermann

A huge cargo ship will use a large kite to drag itself across the ocean in a test run next month in an effort to reduce carbon emissions the shipping industry emits each year.

Cargo Ship Will Get Dragged Through Ocean by Giant Kite

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The body of a deceased cargo ship captain spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer with 13 countries refusing to take care of it.

Cargo Ship Spent Months With Captain’s Corpse in Walk-in Freezer

By Victor Tangermann

The 82-foot zero emissions escort tug called "eWolf" could be a game changer in reducing carbon emissions in the maritime industry.

Science & Energy

This Fully Electric Tugboat Will Have Absolutely Massive Battery Packs

By Victor Tangermann

The Ever Given, a 1,310-feet-long vessel loaded with around 18,300 containers, finally resumed its journey to leave the Canal on Wednesday.

Robots and Machines

Remember That Stuck Container Ship? It’s Finally Leaving the Suez Canal

By Victor Tangermann

A massive explosion rocked a container ship anchored 9.5 nautical miles northwest off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Science & Energy

Raging Fire, Huge Explosion Devastate Giant Container Ship

By Victor Tangermann

A French company is developing the world's first hydrogen-powered cargo transport vessel that is set to make its debut some time later this year.

Science & Energy

The World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Cargo Vessel Is About to Set Sail

By Victor Tangermann

Pollution From Ships is Causing Lightning Storms Over Ocean Shipping Lanes

Pollution From Ships is Causing Lightning Storms Over Ocean Shipping Lanes

Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”

Artificial Intelligence

Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”

By Jelor Gallego