How elaborate these calculations are in the case of ships is well shown in this book of Mr. Kari's on “The Design of Merchant Ships and Cost Estimating”.

In another maritime development in London, the president of the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, Lord Geddes, announced that the owners of 15 merchant ships trapped in the Suez Canal since June ...

An expansive historic home is on the market in Old Town Alexandria for the first time in 40 years. Listed in the Historic American Building Survey, the four-story Roberdeau house has eight ...

A salvage barge lifts a specially designed basket containing the wreck of the 800-year-old merchant ship 'Nanhai No. 1' from the waters off the south China coast near Yangjiang, southern China's ...

They may not be household names today, but the riches they plundered—from the Mughal Empire and the East India Company—are legendary. "Avery Chasing the Great Mogul's Ship," colored engraving ...