Modern cargo ships face real threats from pirates, yet most sail unarmed — relying on bizarre but surprisingly effective defenses. From dummy mannequins and high-pressure water hoses to razor wire and ...

Images of a fireball exploding on a cargo ship are shown on a giant screen during a protest called for by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025. — MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty ...

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo ship, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of equipment and supplies for the International Space Station, is scheduled to rendezvous with the space station Thursday ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dozens of cargo containers are in the water at the Port of Long Beach after they slid from the ship that was carrying them. The Mississippi cargo ship was attached to the pier ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dozens of shipping containers tumbled over the side of a cargo ship and into the water Tuesday at the Port of Long Beach. It was not immediately clear what was in the containers, ...

An estimated 67 shipping containers have fallen off of a cargo ship and into the water at Southern California's Port of Long Beach. According to a release from the port, the containers fell off the ...

Nearly 70 shipping containers filled with clothes, furniture, shoes and electronics slipped off a vessel at the Port of Long Beach this week, leaving officials scrambling to determine what happened.

The main channel used by cargo ships to enter and exit the Port of Baltimore reopened Tuesday afternoon after being closed for about 20 hours as the Coast Guard sought to probe the cause of a Monday ...

A cargo ship in the Baltimore Harbor caught on fire Monday evening, causing a huge explosion, not far from the remaining wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year. The Fort ...

An explosion rocked a cargo ship carrying coal in Baltimore, causing a fire and sending a stream of smoke into the sky but leaving no injuries, authorities said Monday evening. U.S. Coast Guard crews ...