AUTHOR’S NOTE: Before Mary Lovett Penney boarded the Kings County Mining Company’s three-masted sailing ship, the bark Agate, ...

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

I stepped on deck for HMB Endeavour’s voyage from Hobart to Sydney, the return leg of the ship’s first outing on the open sea ...

Metaphor of the shipwreck narrowly avoided and bad luck begetting greater, good fortune extended beyond Pope Francis's life ...

The Barque of St. Peter, an out-of-fashion seafaring ... They like to make a mess.” Like a ship’s captain stranded between two shores, Francis’s theology was “incompatible at key points ...

Previous editions of Sail Amsterdam have hosted Russian vessels, including the 117-meter Sedov barque — the world’s largest sailing ship still in operation — the 114-meter Kruzenshtern ...

The 1877 tall ship Elissa on Friday headed to the Gulf for the first of her annual day sails. The 147-year-old square-rigged iron barque is one of the only actively sailed historic vessels in the ...

Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship, Carnival Festivale, will call Port Canaveral home starting in spring 2027. The ship will feature new onboard entertainment zones, a family-friendly water park ...

Sixteen gastrointestinal illness outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships in 2025, with ten attributed to norovirus. This number surpasses pre-pandemic levels and is on track to exceed 2024's total ...