How can you take a 'cruise' on a container ship? There are online sites for many of the cruises; you may have to go through a travel agent or directly through the company itself.

Most container ships don't exceed 24 knots even if they have the capability. In fact, many vessels cruise at rates between 20 and 30% slower than their maximum.

For first-timers, cruise ship terminology can seem like its own language. From direction to parts of the ship, crew members use maritime terminology onboard that travelers won’t necessarily ...

“Tankers share the sands with cruise ships, ferries, container ships and even outmoded oil derricks.” Once the cruise ship arrives at its final destination, everything inside must be removed ...

Here’s why some cruise ship routes, like the sandstorm-prone, narrow Suez Canal, or the windy, glacier-lined waters surrounding Alaska, are particularly difficult for cruise ship captains to ...

Sometime Friday afternoon, a ship will cruise into Commencement Bay carrying unusual cargo — the largest container cranes on the West Coast. The Hong Kong-flagged Zhen Hua 28 will slowly ...

Cruise ships and most container ships will start to traverse a new 35-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide temporary channel that runs the Patapsco River under the site of the now-collapsed bridge.

“Tankers share the sands with cruise ships, ferries, container ships and even outmoded oil derricks.” Once the cruise ship arrives at its final destination, everything inside must be removed ...