Humans have been traveling by boat for millennia, and some common seafaring terms like 'aft' have been in use since medieval ...

The world's largest cruise ship, Legend of the Seas, floated on water for the first time on Turku, Finland, officials ...

Like many cruise ships, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas features water slides as one of its prime attractions. - Getty Images Should you think twice about taking a ride down that water slide on ...

LISBON, Portugal ‒ Sitting in a raft at the top of a cruise ship, I heard a mechanical trilling getting louder behind me. A mechanism that looked like robot arms got closer until they reached the back ...

Cavitation is essentially a wild bit of physics that turns water -- a ship's best friend -- into a weapon with a massive destructive potential. It can happen around a ship's propeller and can eat ...

Shipping is in full swing, and people love watching the lakers and salties move through our ports. You may have noticed some numbers and markings on the bottom of the boats. The numbers measure how ...