The multi-purpose fleet of single and 'tweendeck general cargo ships is surprisingly large — numbering nearly 17,000 vessels totaling about 80 million dwt — and is estimated to carry more than ...

The head of logistics for the United States’ armed forces is calling for the purchase of 10 used cargo ships to bolster the aging fleet that supports American military operations overseas. Air Force ...

A huge cargo ship is stuck in the Humber Estuary and could stay stranded for a month after three failed rescue attempts. The 260ft-long H&S Wisdom ran aground in the Humber Estuary, east Yorkshire, in ...

Imagine a sinking ship that has already been declared beyond repair. The crew has tried everything – patching leaks, bailing out water, even calling for outside help – but the vessel remains doomed.

He also called on Congress to fully fund the maritime security and tanker security programs, preserve the Jones Act and cargo-preference laws to maintain sealift capacity. Newer ships are critical ...

The research team used satellite data to track land subsidence, or sinking, along the coast of California. Sinking can happen for many reasons, including groundwater extraction, tectonics and ...

In the near term, ship owners could make fewer U.S. port calls to limit fees. A flood of extra cargo could clog up those ports, making it harder to get imports to retailers and manufacturers and ...

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You can also visit our maritime news archive to learn more about cargo shipping, or our American Shipper archive for air cargo shipping industry news. The logistics arm of the U.S. military wants to ...

What began with a focus on weather forecasting has evolved toward addressing errors in scientific modeling. In the collaborative environment of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data ...