Through a lot of expensive and dangerous trial-and-error over multiple centuries — sometimes resulting in shipwrecks you still can explore today — humans have ...

For the second time in four years, Ballast Point — a San Diego craft beer pioneer that became one of the area’s largest breweries — has been sold. Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., a tiny Illinois firm, ...

Submarines have evolved over the years, becoming more vital and deadlier for the national defense of their respective countries. While every other massive ship in the Navy needs to float, these ...

The discharge of ballast water used to balance a ship is a real man-bites-dog story. This is an issue where environmental groups, public health organizations, businesses, trade associations, tribes, ...

When development began on the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) in 2004, invasive aquatic species transported in ships’ ballast water tanks were considered as significant an ...

DULUTH — Federal regulators said new ships on the Great Lakes will need to install ballast water treatment systems, but existing ships that travel exclusively in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ...