Unlike mega cruise ships on the same route, it's cheaper, no frills, and serves mostly locals. I paid $282 for a private cabin on the 19-hour ride from Juneau to Ketchikan. Here's how it went. On a ...

Plans are in motion to take the S.S. City of Milwaukee, which docks on Manistee Lake, to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in ...

The cruise industry, and all vessels carrying fare paying passengers, faced with unprecedented rising costs and slimmer margins, is entering a very radical and expensive phase in its development as it ...

April 27, 1865 - The Mississippi River steamer Sultana explodes and sinks near Memphis, Tennessee, killing between 1,450 and 1,700 people. June 15, 1904 - The General Slocum excursion steamer sinks in ...

The eight Staten Island Ferry boats that carry 60 million people every year are ill-designed, poorly maintained safety hazards, a ferry captain has revealed. “I don’t understand how the Coast Guard ...

The project focuses on validating the real-world performance of air lubrication as Irish Ferries weighs options to cut bunker ...

The South Korean ferry disaster that killed more than 260 people last month was caused in part by excessive cargo and a failure to tie that cargo down properly, the joint police and prosecuting team ...

Editor’s Note: Andrew Stevens is an award-winning CNN anchor and correspondent based in Hong Kong. He is currently in South Korea. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the ...

Korean captain is being investigated as a possible criminal, officials say. APRIL 17, 2014— -- The captain of a ferry that sank off the coast of South Korea Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people ...

A Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship blasted off from Kazakhstan Thursday, kicking off an unpiloted but critical flight to the International Space Station to replace a damaged Soyuz and provide an eventual ...