The captain of the container ship MSC Jubilee IX in Seattle was arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) ...

Shipping vessels have grown from a capacity of 3,000 to 20,000 containers over the years. An expert in shipping finance told BI the tragedy highlights trade's "sensitivity to unpredictable events." ...

Dali, the 984-foot-long cargo ship that collided with the Baltimore Key Bridge, is considered a standard size. Container ships have grown 1,500% in size over the last 50 years.

Right now, around 57 container ships are lingering outside the Port of Los Angeles—the largest port in the US—desperate to unload their cargo and move on. As the delays stretch on for weeks ...

From record-breaking container ships to massive oil tankers and cruise liners, these are the 15 biggest ships ever built.

Another 53 ships are on order. The largest cargo ship to call in Seattle or Tacoma was the Ben Franklin, an 18,000-container vessel that visited once in 2016.

The Marco Polo is the largest cargo ship to call on the East Coast and its massive size is comparable to the size of about five Manhattan city blocks, or 1,300 feet by 176 feet.

The Ever Given, for example, is 399.94 meters (1,312 feet, 2 inches). OEDC: The Impact of Mega-Ships Since then the size of the ships has grown massively, in search of greater efficiencies.

In April 1956, the first commercially successful container ship set sail from Newark to Houston: Called the SS Ideal X, it was a modest size—a 524-foot-long and 30-foot-wide vessel with a cargo ...

The container ship orderbook has reached a record high of 10.4m teu after a surge in orders. That lifts the orderbook ratio ...