As cars gained popularity, ships were converted and built specifically for transporting vehicles overseas.

By the start of the 1900s, about 40 U.S.-flag ships were operated by the country’s lumber titans, proving to the industry at the time that marine transport was more efficient than rail.

Three laid-up Mission tankers were enlisted to help get a man on the moon.

FreightWaves Classics examines storied ocean carrier U.S. Lines, which was persistent in its desire to operate a successful cargo ship named the American Shipper.

Cargo misdeclaration may save a shipper money on freight rates, but this underhanded act threatens the lives of those who provide the transportation.

During the past century, hundreds of ships in the U.S. merchant marine have been named after colleges and their football teams.

Though maritime shipments of LNG are routine today, it was only 62 years ago that the first shipment of LNG occurred.

How former World War II-built American tankers became the bulwark of international commercial oil transport in the 1950s and 1960s.

The recent death and destruction at the Port of Beirut from ammonium nitrate reminds us that continued carelessness with handling this substance dooms us to repeat history.

The Cuban invasion force was to land under the cover of night to begin a counter-revolution against Cuba’s communist government, but the operation unraveled in hours as the invasion fleet floundered in the Bay of Pigs.