It's been a good run for the Marco Polo, but there's a new big ship in town. The OOCL Iris was scheduled to arrive at the Port of Charleston late morning on Feb. 18, making it the biggest cargo ...

Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Subscribe for ads-free reading This year marks the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo and his adventures in East Asia. Polo’s encounters with merchants ...

This year marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo (1254–1324), the legendary Venetian traveler who introduced Asia to the West. Yet despite Marco Polo’s widespread recognition in China, ...

Today, 700 years after his death, Marco Polo remains remarkably well-known, even by non-scholars: an American swimming pool game, an upscale fashion company, numerous travel businesses, even the ...

Marco Polo is said to carry more than 16,000 containers and is 1,300 feet long, about the height of the Empire State Building. Officials who spoke to 6ABC said the ship primarily carried ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A cargo ship longer than the Comcast Technology Center is tall is now docked in Philadelphia. The CMA CGM Marco Polo made its way to the Port of Philadelphia on Friday morning.

Suzhou, dubbed "the Venice of the East" by Marco Polo in the 13th century, became a sister city of Venice in 1980. [Photo/Xinhua] Italians and Chinese are coming together to remember Marco Polo ...

THEY FIGURED THEY HAD MADE THEIR OWN LUCK. EITHER WAY, THEY WERE ON A SHIP SAILING SOUTH TO SUMATRA, JUST AS MARCO POLO HAD. Belliveau: MARCO TELLS US THAT HE'S STRANDED THERE FOR FIVE MONTHS ...

The shipyard experienced a boom last year, as it extended one of its drydocks to accommodate larger ships. For the full year ended Sep 30, 2022, revenue from Marco Polo Marine’s shipbuilding and ...

Integrated marine logistics company Marco Polo Marine saw its revenue surge 139.5 per cent year on year for the third quarter ended June 30. This comes on the back of more ship repair activities ...

On July 14, 2017, just after 2 p.m., a fire broke out at the Marco Polo, a landmark condominium on Kapiolani Boulevard. "I'm really overwhelmed. I've never seen a fire like this," said Marco Polo ...