Drone attacks threaten global shipping lanes. DARPA and Raytheon developed Pulling Guard, a cost-effective, towed defense platform to protect merchant vessels and secure supply chains.

The United States issued fresh guidance on Monday to commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for Middle East oil supplies, as tensions simmered between Washington and ...

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced plans to build elevated express lanes on Interstate 77 in South Charlotte. The project is expected to cost $3.2 billion, with ...

Iran seized two foreign-crewed oil tankers in the Persian Gulf this week, taking the crews into custody and accusing the vessels of carrying smuggled fuel. The operation was carried out by the Islamic ...

Oil tanker rates on the key Middle East-to-China route surged this week to the highest level since November as vessel supply is tightening and persistent tensions around Iran put shippers on alert.

Imagine your Pacific cruise was blocked by a wall of 2,000 fishing vessels. The People’s Republic of China can make that happen. The PRC’s maritime militia–civilian fishing vessels that moonlight on ...

To reduce air pollution associated with ocean transport, the International Maritime Organization tightened restrictions on sulfur content in ship fuel, resulting in an 80% reduction in emissions by ...

Cleaner ship fuel linked to reduced lightning in key shipping lanes by Brendan M. Lynch, University of Kansas edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The GIST ...

Greenland rarely draws global attention. But as ice melts and great powers inch closer, the world’s largest island has become a strategic prize — one that caught President Donald Trump's eye long ...

President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants the United States to control Greenland, refusing to take military action off the table and declaring that he will make the semi-autonomous Danish ...

Frozen waters in the Great Lakes have slowed commercial traffic across the region this winter, as the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard have struggled to maintain their typical level of ...

Coast Guard Sector Detroit initiated Operation Coal Shovel to prevent ice from obstructing vessel traffic in southern Lake Huron, the St. Clair and Detroit River system, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.