as the two lights are used to distinguish a ship's port and starboard side. The term "starboard" can be traced back to Anglo Saxon seafarers, who tended to use a rudder hung on the right side of ...

Port and starboard are defined by red and green, respectively. Ships carry coloured lights on each side so other vessels can tell which way they are travelling. Buoys marking the deep-water ...

Daybreak Tuesday morning would mark the first time the starboard side of the Costa Concordia ... the side of the ship that hadn't seen the light of day since the ship struck a reef as it sailed ...