Cruise ships look graceful gliding through open water. However, turning them around is a whole different story. The biggest cruise ships feel like floating cities that can stretch up to 300 meters ...

In order to build ships strong and technically savvy enough to traverse through some of the most remote and challenging landscapes on Earth, several cruise companies borrowed designs from other parts ...

The propellers of the world's ships and boats create a constant drone that disrupts ocean life. New propeller designs based on loops could one day quiet that drone and be more fuel efficient. Sharrow ...

Specialist divers will be entering the icy waters of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica this festive season (22-29 December) as part ...

They can weigh up to 150 tons, and it's not uncommon for them to measure nine meters or more in diameter: the ship propellers on huge tankers, container ships and cruise liners are invisible giants.

Oscar Propulsion Limited and the University of Strathclyde have come up with a way to reduce underwater radiated noise from ship propellers. According to Oscar Propulsion, its patented PressurePores ...