[imagesource: YouTube / Interesting Facts]

As we learnt recently via a blockage in the Suez Canal, when things go wrong in the shipping world, they can go really, really wrong.

Major shipping routes were disrupted for close to a week, at a cost of nearly $10 billion daily, before the Ever Given was finally freed.

Even when ships aren’t hemmed in by some questionable skipper skills, things can still go wrong, and the internet is full of compilations of ship collisions and mistakes.

Just another reason to use the best in the business, Berry & Donaldson, with customs-related processes, warehousing, insurance, and cargo deliveries all taken care of.

The latest compilation racking up the views (well in excess of a million in less than a week) comes via YouTube channel ‘Interesting Facts’.

It features 30 ship collisions and blunders, and is sure to leave skippers around the world shaking their heads:

I hope some of those private yacht owners have comprehensive insurance.

When Jeff Bezos gets his new $500 million toy, I would love to see the monthly premiums.

[source:youtube]