When a storm hits at sea, the natural response for shipping is to head for the safety of a harbor or a sheltered shore. Unless it's a US Navy ship, that is. When a storm with the ferocity of a ...

Passengers aboard a cruise ship returning from Antarctica faced a terrifying ride through the infamous Drake Passage, as 30- to 40-foot swells crashed into the ship. They described the 48-hour ordeal ...

A capacious new history examines the remaking of the the global economy through the story a single barge. Ships are a trip. Virtually everything we use or consume, from Apple computers to Chiquita ...

What would you do if you were stuck on a ship, far from loved ones, and you had no idea how - or when - you’d get home?