Feb 04, 2022
A mega containership, the Mumbai Maersk, is aground off the coast of Germany. She’s about the same size as the Ever Given, which ran aground in the Suez Canal last year.
The ship is close to a popular tourist island destination. The accident brings into focus the difficulties of operating such large vessels.
Photo Credit: Alf van Beem, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Feb 4, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A mega containership, the Mumbai Maersk, is aground off the coast of Germany. She’s about the same size as the Ever Given, which ran aground in the Suez Canal last year.
The ship is close to a popular tourist island destination. The accident brings into focus the difficulties of operating such large vessels.
Photo Credit: Alf van Beem, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Feb 03, 2022
The latest wrinkle in companies trying to make sure their inventory arrives on time: A US furniture company Loctek, is having a container ship built by a Chinese ship builder, to haul their products. The ship, which will be owned by Loctek will be ready in 2023. The move come as companies get more desperate to move cargo in the continuing global slowdown.
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Feb 3, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
The latest wrinkle in companies trying to make sure their inventory arrives on time: A US furniture company Loctek, is having a container ship built by a Chinese ship builder, to haul their products. The ship, which will be owned by Loctek will be ready in 2023. The move come as companies get more desperate to move cargo in the continuing global slowdown.
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Feb 02, 2022
A followup on yesterday’s story about a dangerous salvage operation to save an adrift bulk carrier off the Dutch coast. Thanks to some amazing work by Smit salvage crews, the ship is now safely in port. It took two massive ocean going tugs to get her there.
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Feb 2, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A followup on yesterday’s story about a dangerous salvage operation to save an adrift bulk carrier off the Dutch coast. Thanks to some amazing work by Smit salvage crews, the ship is now safely in port. It took two massive ocean going tugs to get her there.
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Feb 01, 2022
A ship adrift in a storm off the coast of the Netherlands set in motion a dangerous marine salvage operation to save the ship from running aground.
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Feb 1, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A ship adrift in a storm off the coast of the Netherlands set in motion a dangerous marine salvage operation to save the ship from running aground.
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Jan 31, 2022
A huge antarctic iceberg that broke free in 2017 has now floated north and completely melted near South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic. Scientists are studying how the giant influx of fresh water in a salt water environment is affecting local marine ecosystems there.
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Jan 31, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A huge antarctic iceberg that broke free in 2017 has now floated north and completely melted near South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic. Scientists are studying how the giant influx of fresh water in a salt water environment is affecting local marine ecosystems there.
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Jan 28, 2022
A listener wrote in to ask about who’s on board the ships we see in the Astoria Anchorage in the river, and whether they can come ashore while they’re here in the U.S.
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Jan 28, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A listener wrote in to ask about who’s on board the ships we see in the Astoria Anchorage in the river, and whether they can come ashore while they’re here in the U.S.
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