Most of the world's everyday goods and raw materials moved over long distances are packed in large metal boxes the size of ...

The disaster dumped more than 1,400 damaged shipping containers into the sea — releasing billions of plastic manufacturing ...

These items aren’t like the used fishing gear and beer ... to the sea floor and are never retrieved. Cargo ships can lose anywhere from a single container to hundreds at a time in rough seas.

Foreign shipping companies that dominate seaborne trade draw bipartisan criticism as U.S. ports grind to a halt.

PortMiami is bracing for a halt in cargo shipments this week as the trade hub faces a strike from dockworkers up and down the East Coast in a fight over wages and automation.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for ...

Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and ... positive ... consequences.

Toilet paper is again in hot demand as people panic buy over fears of shortages due to the East, Gulf Coast port strike. Here's what you need to know.