When most vehicles run out of fuel, the ride is pretty much over. Once their engines stop running, cars, trucks, trains and planes will soon stop too. Ships are different. As long as a boat stays ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Saw, the 73-year-old founder of Doulos Phos The Ship Hotel, in Bintan, Indonesia. It has been edited for length and clarity. I used to bring ...

Before the advent of jets like the de Havilland Comet and Boeing's iconic 707 in the 1950s, overseas travel was accomplished almost exclusively by ship. These simple Point A to Point B journeys — such ...