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Popular Mechanics
February 1998
Jim Wilson |
City at Sea Nearly a mile long and 25 stories high, Freedom will be the largest vessel ever to sail the seven seas...   |
National Defense
November 2007
Breanne Wagner |
All-Electric Ship Could Begin to Take Shape By 2012 As part of an ambitious technology plan for the Navy fleet of the future, the Office of Naval Research is exploring ways to power all-electric ships. |
National Defense
July 2010
Grace V. Jean |
What It Will Take for the Navy to Deploy a 'Green' Carrier Strike Group Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced with much fanfare plans to deploy a "green" carrier strike group in 2016. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jason Moser |
This Stock Is at the Top of My List Don't miss the boat on this stock deal. Steiner Leisure isn't a cruise line; it's even better. The company provides spa services and products worldwide on both sea and land with services on 151 cruise ships and 70 land-based locations carrying Steiner products and spas. |
National Defense
March 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Royal Caribbean Is Looking Seaworthy No. 2 cruise operator sails past second-quarter earnings estimates. |
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Aging Fleet As the Coast Guard looks forward to the acquisition of its new national security cutters, the job of keeping their current, aged fleet operational requires a lot of the crews' attention. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Royal Caribbean Thinks Big Here's proof that today's activity-packed cruise ships keep getting bigger -- and so does their potential to command a heftier chunk of the travel-market dollar. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
Jeff Wise |
Building the World's Biggest Ship: Behind-the-Scenes First Look How do you construct the most massive boat ever? One piece at a time. Read about the world's next generation of mega cruise liners taking shape in a Finnish shipyard. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Dan Koeppel |
World's Fastest Superliner Awaits Rebirth--or the Scrap Yard Although she has not sailed under her own power for nearly four decades, the SS United States has survived. Will the ship be restored, or scrapped? |
CIO
May 15, 2001
Stephanie Viscasillas |
Cruisin' It may not be the Love Boat, or even the love-bug virus boat, but Geek Cruises, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based conference sponsor, has created a "floating conference," another in a long line of odd corporate incentive programs to hit the high-tech world... |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Jeff Wise |
World's Largest Cruise Ship Pulls 360s with Joystick Royal Caribbean is set to raise the stakes of the cruise-ship slugfest yet again with the 220,000-ton Genesis, slated to launch in 2009 from a shipyard in Finland... A comparison of the biggest boats. |
National Defense
November 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Shipbuilders Bet on Radical Hull Designs to Defeat Swarming Boat Threat There is a need for a highly, highly stabilized craft that are not large, that are smaller, that can be used to patrol and defend the Navy's ships while they're in troubled waters against high-speed boats. |
Reason
June 2005
Brian Doherty |
Sea of Litigation The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case which raises the question of whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) extends to foreign companies whose ships hit U.S. ports to pick up U.S. passengers. Federal appeals courts have been split on the issue. |
Popular Mechanics
December 4, 2007
Joe Pappalardo |
Kite Power Could Finally Pull Global Shipping to the Green Side This month, a commercial cargo ship will become the first to go into service employing a large parafoil lashed to its bow to provide a cheaper, cleaner way across the waves. |
National Defense
April 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders The secretary of the Navy's announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors. |
National Defense
September 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Duty Aboard the Littoral Combat Ship: 'Grueling but Manageable' The Navy will soon decide which version of the Littoral Combat Ship it will buy. Selecting the ship model, however, is only the beginning of what could be a long, arduous adjustment for sailors who will be serving aboard these new vessels. |
Popular Mechanics
March 12, 2007
Erin McCarthy |
Ice Queens 5 high-powered icebreaker ships that rock the arctic, antarctic and an ice sheet near you |
National Defense
July 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Cruise Ship Protection Efforts Given High Marks Cruise ships have been the targets of terrorist actions in the past, most notably the 1985 attack on the Achille Lauro, which resulted in the death of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2006
John Bluis |
Hope Floats on Royal Caribbean Investors usually aren't attracted to fluctuating commodity prices and bad news, and that has the market throwing this cruise line into the bargain bin. But wise investors know that can be a great place to shop. |
Boating
November 2005
Eric Colby |
The Boat Doctor Q The twin 225-hp Yamahas on my Pursuit 2870WA won't hold full throttle at 5400 rpm... Q My Mariah 202 Shabah powered by a MerCruiser 5.7L Alpha has 285 hours on it... Whenever my 1999 Sea Ray 270's fuel gauge registers below two-thirds, I can add about 5 to 10 gallons... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Fun for Carnival If a cruise ship sneezes, the whole sector can catch a cold. |
Fast Company
March 2000
Charles Fishman |
Fantastic Voyage "Voyager of the Seas" is a big boat -- the largest cruise ship ever. And the story of its creation offers powerful lessons -- in strategic daring, relentless execution, and devotion to design. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Carnival Sails to 2007 After a tough year, the cruise line operator is looking forward. For the full year, the top line grew 6.7%, and revenue yields increased 1.5%. Investors, take note. |
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Carnival Games, Baby Carnival cruises along, despite pesky fuel prices. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Carnival's Cash Floats Its Boat Cruise operator beats second-quarter estimates and raises full-year guidance. Carnival may provide its shareholders an enjoyable ride. |
Real Travel Adventures
September 2008
Taylor & Taylor |
To Scenic Dominica and Beyond on Holland America's Maasdam My wife and I had decided to take the spring cruise, principally because it stopped at Dominica, an island we had never visited but had heard good things about. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Chris Cooper |
Tankers That Won't Kill You at the Gas Pump Hurt by the strong yen, Japanese boat-builders employ a marketing pitch that stresses fuel efficiency. |
National Defense
February 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Marine Corps Makes Strong Pitch for `Sea Bases' Senior Marine Corps officials are asking Navy leaders to commit to a plan to deploy floating military bases within the next decade. |
Popular Mechanics
April 17, 2009
Trevor Williams |
Ocean Drilling Tech: Exploring Seabed History With 600,000 Pounds of Pipe On the rig floor of the JOIDES Resolution, Joe Attryde turns up the water pressure in the drill pipe to 2500 psi, enough to break the shear pins holding the core barrel three miles below the ship and plunge the barrel another 30 feet into the deep sea sediment. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's a Royal Flush! Royal Caribbean sees fairly smooth sailing in its latest quarter. |
CIO
June 15, 2004
Todd Datz |
All Hands on Tech Designing an IT system from scratch can be both daunting and thrilling. Now imagine building IT remotely for the world's newest, biggest ship. The story of how IT supports the Queen Mary 2, a veritable floating city. |
National Defense
September 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Royally Grounded Don't expect smooth sailing for the rest of Royal Caribbean's year. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Let's Make Some World Wide Waves Investors, the cruise line industry is sailing a lot smoother than you think. When there is so much incremental revenue onboard -- and brand-building potential online -- you've got to like Carnival's chances to keep sailing higher from here. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Margo Pfeiff |
Tracking the Queen of the North Sea Disaster: What Went Wrong At 8 pm, the Queen of the North departed Prince Rupert, British Columbia, near the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle, on its regularly scheduled service to Port Hardy at the northern end of Vancouver Island. |
CRM
April 2010
Lauren McKay |
Turning Green on the Ocean Blue For cruise line Holland America, caring for the environment is not just a goal, it's a requirement. |
Fast Company
October 2015
Kenrya Rankin Naasel |
Take A Deep Dive Into Fathom, Carnival's New Cruise Line For Volunteers Making a positive difference is what Carnival says it intends to do with Fathom, a new cruise line that puts immersive social-impact travel, in the form of "voluntourism," at the heart of its brand. |
National Defense
January 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Ships' Cost Could Sink Plans For Floating Military Bases The success of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forward-looking concept of deploying bases at sea relies heavily on the development of a new class of cargo ships. |
National Defense
July 2015
Philip H. Cullom |
Being Energy Smart Creates More Combat Capability Energy is at the core of U.S. Navy capabilities. Without nuclear power or liquid fuels, Navy ships cannot operate. Without charged batteries, SEALs' radios and night vision goggles are useless. |
Wired
January 2002
Jeff Howe |
The Next Wave Taller, sleeker, and much, much faster, it was the finest invention ever to issue from America's shores. Welcome to the "new economy" of the clipper ship... |
CIO
January 30, 2015
Stephanie Overby |
How Royal Caribbean Personalized the Customer Experience A new reservations system lets the cruise line personalize ticket prices for each customer. |
Job Journal
September 21, 2008
Julia Hollister |
Sail Away in Your Workplace For a workplace like no other, consider joining a cruise ship crew. |
Adventure
April 2005
Robert Young Pelton |
Pirate of the Caribbean Looking for adventure? Some cruises can be perfect for the adventure traveler. |
Real Travel Adventures
July 2006
Larry Taylor |
Passport to Seychelles: A Silversea Adventure What attracts passengers to Silversea, besides the impeccable service and luxury accommodations, is the adventurous nature of the cruise itineraries. This one highlights a trip from Egypt to the Seychelles Islands. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Royal Caribbean Navigates the Fuel Undertow Higher fuel costs continue to bother Royal Caribbean, the cruise-ship company, but its long-term outlook remains intact. |
National Defense
April 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Littoral Combat Ship Sets Sail on First Deployment As the littoral combat ship USS Freedom sets out for Singapore this spring, Navy officials are hoping a smooth first deployment will finally prove the ship's worth to critics. |
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Marines to Build Mock Container Ship for Counter-Piracy Training The Marine Corps is planning to build a three-story mock container ship on a plot of land at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so special operators can practice clearing out pirates from hijacked vessels. |
