Who could forget the images that went viral last year of a cruise ship’s stern looking like a top-heavy birthday cake? So colorful and cartoon-like were the decks layered with twisting ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central America. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus ...

Ships conjure the romance of sailing the seven seas. Since time immemorial, people have put to sea in some of the most graceful machines humanity has ever built. From Greek triremes cutting ...

Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...

One curious thing about British ships you might have noticed is their names, and the prefix "HMS." The reason for this, as would surely please the covetous Henry, is that this is an abbreviation ...

So now you know which of NCL’s cruise ships are bigger than the rest and which are newer and which are older — but what else do you need to know before you book that cruise? Here are the need ...

Nonprofit Mercy Ships converts cruise ships into floating hospitals. Its first ship was an Italian cruiseliner, while another was previously a train ferry. Its newest ship, Global Mercy ...

As TPG's cruise team lead, Gene Sloan oversees the site's cruise content and also writes many of TPG's main cruise guides. He has spent nearly 30 years writing about cruise ships and cruising, and he ...

When other cruise lines — most notably Royal Caribbean — are building larger and larger cruise ships, Disney will be making three of its future ships smaller than its recent ones. Disney says ...

These ships are cruisin’ for a refusin’ — from customers who value their health and well-being. On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program review ...

The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program inspects cruise ships and investigates outbreaks to prevent the spread of gastrointestinal illnesses. While a perfect score doesn't eliminate the risk of ...