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A Carnival cruise ship rescued nine people from a disabled boat off Florida’s coast.

By Rowan Calder

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A remotely operated arm with suction cups is bringing the Norway wreck’s cargo to the surface

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Sound travels about four times faster through water than through air, which is why subs listen so well

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India says a U.S. strike hit a tanker off Oman, killing three, as the Hormuz fight spreads wider

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The largest container ships can stack more than 24,000 steel boxes at once

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The largest container ships afloat can stack more than 24,000 boxes at once

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If the mystery Chinese submarine runs on diesel, it would be the largest conventional sub afloat anywhere on Earth

By Rowan Calder

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Louisiana boatbuilder Metal Shark debuted Frenzy, a low-cost amphibious robotic boat that hauls payloads on its own with no crew

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The Neoliner Origin — the world’s largest cargo ship to use wind as its primary propulsion — just launched in Turkey, built to cross oceans on sails alone

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Mexico’s tall ship Cuauhtémoc just set sail again — six months after losing two cadets when its 147-foot masts struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge

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The Coast Guard’s first new heavy icebreaker in half a century just hit the water — a ship built to pry open the Arctic as rivals race north

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The world’s largest electric ship just entered service — a ferry carrying 2,100 passengers and 225 cars across the water on battery power alone

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Fully autonomous cargo ships are edging toward open water — crewless vessels are now winning clearance to haul freight along fixed coastal routes with no one aboard

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An Indian cargo ship sank off Oman the same day Iran seized another vessel off the UAE coast — both strikes happened within 12 hours

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Scam operators are selling fake Hormuz transit permits for cryptocurrency after Iran announced its toll system — ship captains don’t know who to trust

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Some ships are paying Iran up to $2 million in Chinese yuan to cross the strait — while the U.S. threatens to sanction anyone who pays

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Iran’s ‘Persian Gulf Strait Authority’ requires 40+ questions on ownership, crew, cargo, and insurance before a ship can transit Hormuz

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Iran creates a new government agency to charge tolls on every ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz — some captains are paying $2 million in Chinese yuan

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Iran seized a Chinese-operated ship flying a false Honduras flag off the UAE coast and towed it into Iranian waters

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An Indian cargo ship was attacked and sank near the Strait of Hormuz — Oman’s coast guard rescued all 14 crew members

By Rowan Calder

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