Dec 10, 2021
As container shipping continues to be snarled in ports worldwide, customers are switching gears and moving cargo the old-fashioned way: on general cargo ships in huge bags called “supersacks.”
Photo: Supersacks on the ground awaiting transport. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 10, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
As container shipping continues to be snarled in ports worldwide, customers are switching gears and moving cargo the old-fashioned way: on general cargo ships in huge bags called “supersacks.”
Photo: Supersacks on the ground awaiting transport. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 09, 2021
A look at the current state of the seemingly endless global cargo debacle, that has left containerships idling in ports worldwide.
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Dec 9, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
A look at the current state of the seemingly endless global cargo debacle, that has left containerships idling in ports worldwide.
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Dec 08, 2021
Most merchant ships are registered under what are called ‘flags of convenience,” countries of registry that exist almost solely to provide ships with a cheap way to operate with minimal regulations. There are a few very popular flags of convenience. One of them is Panama.
Photo: Pete unseth, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 8, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Most merchant ships are registered under what are called ‘flags of convenience,” countries of registry that exist almost solely to provide ships with a cheap way to operate with minimal regulations. There are a few very popular flags of convenience. One of them is Panama.
Photo: Pete unseth, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 07, 2021
The infamous surprise attack on a U.S. military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, killed sleeping servicemen, sank ships in their berths, and drew the nation into World War II.
Photo credit: Pearl Harbor Memorial. Cdavidson602, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 7, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
The infamous surprise attack on a U.S. military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, killed sleeping servicemen, sank ships in their berths, and drew the nation into World War II.
Photo credit: Pearl Harbor Memorial. Cdavidson602, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Dec 06, 2021
Each day on the Columbia River, ships come and go and the people on board are largely invisible to people on land. On virtually every ship is a highly trained, experienced expert: a marine pilot, hired to use his or her local knowledge to help the ship navigate safely to and from port.
Photo: Columbia River Bar pilot climbing a pilot ladder. Image courtesy Columbia River Bar Pilots.
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Dec 6, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Each day on the Columbia River, ships come and go and the people on board are largely invisible to people on land. On virtually every ship is a highly trained, experienced expert: a marine pilot, hired to use his or her local knowledge to help the ship navigate safely to and from port.
Photo: Columbia River Bar pilot climbing a pilot ladder. Image courtesy Columbia River Bar Pilots.
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Dec 02, 2021
While big retailers use their considerable financial muscle to hire dedicated containerships to move just their merchanise to market, small businesses must sometimes wait months and even miss the holiday shopping season altogether, because cargo is delayed.
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Dec 2, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
While big retailers use their considerable financial muscle to hire dedicated containerships to move just their merchanise to market, small businesses must sometimes wait months and even miss the holiday shopping season altogether, because cargo is delayed.
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