Passenger sea travel took off in the 19th century, driven by transatlantic migration and the demand for larger, faster and more luxurious vessels. From Brunel’s steamships to record-breaking cruise ...

Tugboats guide the SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America, underneath the Walt Whitman bridge near Gloucester City, N.J., on Feb. 19, 2025. ‘Big U’, which once ferried ...

The MSC Meraviglia is both the largest cruise ship and the passenger ship with the highest capacity to hit Newport Harbor. The Queen Mary 2, which visited in 2024, is the second largest passenger ship ...

The 'villains' of the Titanic: The Captain who was 'going too fast', the officer who took a crucial key and the 'coward' who jumped in lifeboat - but who was REALLY to blame? A 'prophetic' letter by a ...

If you saw a massive ship docked at your local harbor, you might not be able to immediately discern exactly what type of ship it is at a glance. Specifically, is it an ocean liner or a cruise ship?

In the coming days, the United States is expected to take its final voyage, on its way to be buried at sea. It's not the country nearing its end, but a ship that bears its name. The SS United States ...

The S.S. United States — still the world's fastest ocean liner — will cruise by the Palmetto State on its final voyage after seven decades above the waves. When it debuted in 1952, the United States ...