Apr. 25—Like many of his neighbors near the Seattle waterfront, Alex Smith keeps a close eye on the big container ships crossing Elliott Bay to and from the terminals at the port of Seattle. So when ...

Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel, where you can witness the operations of giant container ships at some of the biggest ports in the world. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea ...

Proposed fees on Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports could potentially “distort competition” in container shipping as we know it, according to one industry consultancy. Evergreen made 53 calls ...

Annual reinsurance contract for members of the big mutual insurers will see costs for most other ship types fall ...

When the OOCL Iris pulled into the Port of Charleston last week, it had a couple of distinctions. Not only was it the largest container ship to visit the local waterfront, with the capacity to carry ...

Container ships are an astonishing feat of human innovation and engineering. Their size, weight, and capability to carry gargantuan loads of cargo across large expanses of the ocean have ...

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 2 (March–April 1970), pages 16–22.] A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of big, ...

Whether it’s smartphones or sneakers, toys or tents, about 80% of commercial goods are transported to markets around the world using giant container ships. As global shipping routes grow to meet ...

Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys ...

When you think of a container ship, its sheer size is probably what first comes to mind. You might even wonder how massive container ship engines are made. According to Dynamic Port Agencies, cargo ...