Graph illustrating the stark increase in global trade (exports and imports) in the late 1800s, with an exponential increase (dashed colored line) becoming particularly marked by circa 1980. Numbers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It was a very moving and humble reminder that this tragedy is a call to action for the entire maritime community,” Rear Adm. John ...

Dozens of firefighters were battling a blaze on a container ship docked at a Los Angeles port on Friday night, according to officials. All of the 23 crew members were accounted for and there were no ...

An electrical fire that started below deck of the container ship One Henry Hudson in the Port of Los Angeles Friday evening prompted a major emergency response but no injuries were reported. The fire ...

BEIJING -- China has rescued a foreign container ship that caught fire in the South China Sea, saving the lives of its 25 foreign crew members, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday.