In an article in the Scientific American a short time ago, we said, in answer to some hasty remarks made by the " Niagara Mail," when ever it is shown that a British clipper ship has beaten any ...

For those who haven't followed the situation closely, many container ships right now have practiced 'slow steaming' due to a glut of ships being built worldwide. Essentially, they are sailing at ...

The Alberta clipper weather phenomenon gets its name from 19th century ships and originates in Canada east of the Canadian Rockies.

It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ships in full sail bringing tea to England ...

The name is brilliant: "vintage tonnage". It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th-century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ...

The “vintage tonnage” is the “shadow fleet” of second-hand oil tankers that were spared from the ship-breaking yards in 2022 because Russia lost its export market in Europe when it invaded Ukraine.

and from clipper ships of the 19th century, one of the fastest ships of that time. A clipper originates when warm, moist winds from the Pacific Ocean come into contact with the mountains in the ...