Fuel depot in East Boston services the MBTA commuter ferries, that consume more than a million gallons of diesel a year. MeVa ...

Wondering how many people on a cruise ship at any given time? The number depends on the size of the ship, passenger demand, ...

By Margot Black When it comes to cruising, bigger isn’t always better. Forget floating cities with endless queues and crowded ...

One of the world’s great rivers, the mighty Mississippi is storied in American culture, history and identity. It’s where ...

You’d think that cruise lines would be keen to capture that brand loyalty by offering both ocean and river cruises. Yet until now, mostly only river-cruise companies have been brave enough to expand ...

seafarers would sail down the Daugava River to take refuge from the harsh winds and waves of the Baltic Sea. They'd anchor their ships, which carried goods like corn, hide, and flax, in a small ...

On Bridge Street, near Howe Street and Podunk Road, a span over the Seven Mile River carries the names of ... after a German U-boat torpedoed the ship on which he served. He worked at Maclan ...

The travel website WorldAtlas has named the best small town to visit in each of America's 50 states. "Take a dive into the best small towns one can visit in each state and why they are so special," ...

Australia’s biggest lake is believed to have reached capacity on only three occasions in the past 160 years, but the mass of ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

They have strapped small sensors on cormorants’ backs all ... that we typically make measurements in the ocean from big ships, and miniaturize those sensors to get them in a package that can ...