This story appears in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead ...

Rocket Lab acquired the Oceanus barge from New Orleans-based, private marine transportation company Canal Barge. The barge, renamed Return on Investment, will be customized to serve as an at-sea ...

The Canal Barboteur, the roving barge that transforms Parisian quaysides into giant, free open air events, is back from April ...

The China Shipowners' Association opposes a U.S. proposal to slap hefty port entry fees on ocean cargo carriers that own… ...

ANDREW WATTS:To bring in the sort of materials that one canal barge would bring in with one horse and one man, would have taken at least 100 pack horses and mules in the 18th Century. PROFESSOR ...