You've probably heard the term "knots" relating to the speed of a ship, but where did it come from originally? Here's ...

And while the speed increases are only up to five knots, this has important implications and is a challenge for the ship designer ... also be noted that the common hull shapes with rather flat ...

While flying across the Atlantic Ocean just takes a matter of hours, a cargo ship moving from one end to the other can take a ...

For example, a ship loaded with around 8,000 TEU (a common measurement for volume), could save around 33% of fuel a day, by ...

It only gets up to between 28 and 30 knots, though that's still impressive for such a large cruise liner. It's not common for cruise ships to travel so fast. One of the biggest ships the world ...