The EPA wants tougher emission standards for the U.S. ports, much like it enforces on the nation's highways. ...more

March 30, 2009

An Indian warship destroyed a suspected pirate vessel Tuesday off the Horn of Africa. It was the second time in a week that India has used force to fight piracy off the eastern coast of Africa. ...more

November 29, 2008

The government on Monday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. ...more

August 26, 2008

The ruling junta said Friday that it will let foreign aid workers and commercial ships help survivors in Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, but refused to relent on accepting aid from U.S., French and British military ships. ...more

May 24, 2008

"Some people think naval architects sit around all day and sketch pretty boats," Nick Boksa says. "That has very little to do with most of my projects. Basically, we are trying to design a luxury house that can be blasted through 4-foot waves at 30 knots and still stay in one piece. It's all about engineering and number-crunching." ...more

January 31, 2008

An Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy passing near Iranian waters, then vanished as the American ship commanders were preparing to open fire, the top U.S. Navy commander in the area said Monday. ...more

January 8, 2008