While container ships are currently being built and retrofitted to allow electrical connectivity at port, this wouldn't be enough. The giant engines of these ships would have to be modified to permit ...

When ships moved from muscle- and wind power to burning coal and other fossil fuels for their propulsion, they also became significantly faster and larger. Today’s cargo ships and ferries have become ...

The problems presented by nuclear energy as an alternative shipping fuel are less about the technology itself, and more about operational feasibility.