The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series continues with one of its most unusual episodes yet—a look at ...

Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, this area housed barrel-makers employed by Shen Wansan, Jiangnan's richest merchant.

Rising sea levels are forcing the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut to address the long-term sustainability of its campus.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

On global capitalism and shipping as its engine, deep sea mining, the climate crisis and ‘Deep Water’, his work looks at how ...

The Kangei Maru, a commercial whaling ship, leaves Shimonoseki port in western Japan on April 21, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese ...

Now, Chinese-owned ships will pay $50 per tonne (a unit of weight), and ships built in China but owned by other countries will pay $18 per tonne. These fees will slowly go up each year.

The plan, announced late Thursday by the US Trade Representative, slaps steep levies on Chinese ships docking at US ports based on the amount of cargo they are carrying – which could soar to as ...

The United States unveiled new port fees on Chinese built and operated ships Thursday, in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China's dominance in the sector. The move ...