Engineers work to unlock power shipwide. Over the years, ship propulsion has evolved from sail to steam to diesel and gas turbine engines. The U.S. Navy now is transitioning to all-electric ships, ...
BALTIMORE — After delivering a load of sugar to the Domino refinery in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor two winters ago, a 567-foot bulk carrier departed for Georgia but didn’t get very far before ...
Less than two weeks after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed by an out-of-control cargo ship, another huge container ship passed beneath a busy bridge connecting New York and New ...
GE Aerospace has secured an order to provide propulsion system for the U.S. Navy’s ...
In a promising development for the maritime industry's sustainability efforts, researchers at Cranfield University have unveiled a groundbreaking concept known as Wave Devouring Propulsion (WDP). This ...
Although it’s often said that the era of ocean liners came to an end by the 1950s with the rise of commercial aviation, reality isn’t quite that clear-cut. Coming out of the troubled 1940s arose a new ...
Researchers from the University of Miami College of Engineering reportedly claim that utilizing massive cylinders for wind propulsion systems can reduce the reliance of cargo ships on fuel. Scientists ...