Ship diesel engines sit at the intersection of brute force and meticulous engineering, turning heavy fuel into the continuous thrust that keeps global trade moving. Among them, a handful of ...

Just like airplanes, cruise ships sometimes experience technical issues that throw a wrench into their passengers’ vacation plans. Mechanical problems can happen on any ship at any time, no matter how ...

The world’s biggest ship engine is a mechanical giant powering massive container vessels across oceans. This exploration ...

A maritime official says the engines of a cruise ship failed off Norway's coast during a storm because they didn't have enough lubricating oil. Lars Alvestad, the head of Norway's Maritime Authority, ...

Another big ship lost power near Baltimore. This time, nothing went disastrously wrong. A 965-foot cargo ship “briefly lost power” as it departed the Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers ...

A merchant mariner captured life at sea on a video tour of a Maersk container ship. The video shows the everyday life of cargo ship crew as they spend months at sea. Second mate Bryan Boyle said ...