In a boost for Moscow, the US is temporarily easing sanctions on some Russian oil in a bid to bring down surging prices.

Ever wondered what fuel large ships use to travel across oceans for weeks? Most commercial vessels rely on Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), commonly called bunker fuel, a thick petroleum residue that powers the ...

A surge of attacks on oil tankers, cargo ships, and bulk carriers in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf has upended global energy flow. As the Iran-US-Israel conflict escalates in West Asia, shippi ...

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. Iranian state ...

Before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Washington assembled its largest force and some of its most powerful weaponry in the Middle East in decades.

Actor Robert Downey Jr. has been named the godparent of the Disney Adventure, the newest and largest ship in the cruise line’s fleet, with capacity for 6,700 passengers. The 208,000-gross-ton vessel, ...

Modern cruise ships are among the largest moving structures on Earth, functioning more like small cities than vessels. The biggest ships carry 5,000 to 7,000 passengers plus thousands of crew, along ...

From massive stone edifices like the pyramids in Egypt and the Great Wall in China to the high-tech (and incredibly expensive) International Space Station zipping overhead in low-Earth orbit, humanity ...

When we talk about alternative fuels, you probably think of things like hydrogen fuel cells or the various biofuels that corporations still pretend are something other than a distraction. Maybe ...

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a pattern—carved out by the US Navy for others to emulate. Modern aircraft carriers are ...

At the dawn of modern aviation, we step onto a flying ship so enormous it looked like a cruise liner bolted to wings. In this episode, we trace how Claudius Dornier’s Do X fused luxury travel with ...

Danish archaeologists recently unveiled a major historical breakthrough. They found the remains of the world’s largest cog ship in the waters off Copenhagen after some 600 years. The announcement, ...