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Sails Are Making A Triumphant Comeback As Shipping Races To Harness Clean Propulsion
10 Dec 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Shipping originally was completely wind-powered. We know that it works, right?”
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Meet Captain Mark Maguire, TikTok’s Straight-Talking Star Demystifying Container Shipping [Videos]
03 Dec 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The sharp-shooting, straight-talking man of the Big Blues has been making waves on TikTok, if you can believe it, showcasing his life out at sea plying the global trade routes and demystifying the world of container shipping.
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Today’s Fact: Lightning Strikes At Sea Follow A Pattern
06 Dec 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Several years of work by researchers at the University of Washington and NASA has revealed that lightning doesn’t always strike indiscriminately.
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How Many SA-Built Vehicles Were Flogged Overseas Last Month
14 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
September was a bumper month for local manufacturers selling vehicles abroad. Ford, in particular, will be chuffed.
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Container Homes Are Taking Things To The Next Level [Video]
15 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The so-called ‘tiny living’ trend continues to grow in popularity. Container homes don’t have to give up all the creature comforts, though.
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Watching These Shipping Disasters Unfold Makes For Painful Viewing [Video]
11 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world of shipping is complicated enough without container ships destroying cranes and rear-ending other boats.
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These Guys Turn Shipping Containers Into Swimming Pools
06 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the cost of buying property surges, so too do the ways we look to maximise our money and also minimise our impact on the environment.
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Success: The World’s First Autonomous Container Ship Voyage
18 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The world’s first commercial autonomous voyage has been completed with success along the coast of Japan.
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Off-The-Grid Living Container Homes Proving Popular
07 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The ‘tiny living’ movement, where homes are usually constructed using old shipping containers, has been growing in South Africa for the best part of three years.
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Somebody’s Getting Fired For These Shipping Disasters [Video]
17 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the world of shipping, there’s usually no such thing as an inexpensive mistake. If you mess up you tend to mess up on a monumental scale and there’s no hiding.
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History Made As Football Stadium Built Out Of Shipping Containers
29 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is edging ever nearer and Qatar has built a number of new stadiums. One stands apart from the rest for its unique design.
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Wow – Nice Pad! First Time We’ve Ever Seen Inside A Cargo Ship [Video]
08 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Bryan Boyle, a second mate merchant marine, takes us on a tour of all the intricate mechanics that keep the ship moving, as well as the crew and officer’s living quarters.
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Revolutionary Inflatable Sails Could Be A Game-Changer
06 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In recent years, the shipping industry has been grappling with ways to reduce its environmental impact.
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Crewless Cargo Ships Are A Thing Now
02 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Yara Birkeland isn’t your average cargo ship, with the potential for its movements to be powered entirely by three onshore data control centres.
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Why You May Want To Start Your Christmas Shopping Early This Year
07 Jul 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m just going on gut feel here, but I think this is the earliest in the year that Christmas has ever been mentioned on 2oceansvibe. There is a solid enough reason, though.
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Shipping Container Home Hits Market For R27 Million [Video]
11 Jun 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Taking six years to complete, the home comes with a Japanese garden and tea and meditation room, as well as an outside kitchen and your own orchard.
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Awkward Compilation Shows What Happens When Shipping Goes Wrong [Video]
14 May 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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What The Suez Canal Fiasco Teaches Us About Shipping
06 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When the Ever Given plugged up the Suez Canal for close to a week, the global economy’s reliance on shipping routes was clear to see.
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It’s A Good Time To Be A South African Citrus Farmer
02 Mar 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you stacked the 146 million cartons of citrus fruit exported side-by-side, the line of cartons would be equal to the height of 4,4 Mount Everests on top of one another.
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Wooden Cargo Ship Has Some Serious Noah’s Ark Vibes
03 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The eco-friendly Ceiba is a little like Noah’s Ark, but for shipping containers, and it’s hoped that the vessel will cross oceans without the use of any fossil fuels.
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Nuclear Propulsion Could Be The Future Of Shipping
10 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world’s shipping industry is looking at ways to decrease its carbon footprint, and nuclear-powered ships could be a promising option.
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Elon Musk’s Brother, Kimbal, Is Pretty Accomplished Himself
08 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elon might attract most of the attention, especially with SpaceX’s recent successful launch, but Kimbal can definitely hold his own.
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They’ve Built An Entire Hotel Out Of Shipping Containers Now
13 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shipping container homes are all the rage these days, and now London can boast a hotel made entirely from the repurposed containers.
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South Africa’s Import And Export Processes Are About To Change
16 Jul 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
SARS is looking to improve the current system of processing import and export declarations, which is big news for those who are involved in the game.
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Umm, They ‘Lost’ This Superyacht
03 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The award-winning superyacht, ‘My Song’, was on the way to defend a prestigious title when things went very pear-shaped.
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Guess Who’s Snapping Up Most Of South Africa’s Avos
24 Apr 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2017, South Africa exported 43 492 tonnes of avocados, to the value of R853 million. One country, in particular, has taken a liking to our goodies.
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The World’s Biggest Container Ship Is Quite Something [Video]
11 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The OOCL Hong Kong currently holds the title of world’s biggest container ship and, at 191 317 metric tons, it’s a bit of a monster.
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Infographic Shows How China Has Become “Heavyweight Champion Of World Shipping”
29 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Every day, right around the world, millions of goods pass through various ports of entry. As you might have guessed, China’s numbers are staggering.
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NotPetya – The Cyberattack That Took Down Some Massive Global Companies
29 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
NotPetya is a malicious malware born out of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and it managed to humble some pretty big names.
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Keen To Get Involved In The Local Import / Export Game? Here’s An Expert Opinion
20 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s serious money to be made from identifying a need in the market, and then solving it, but the experts will tell you that it’s not all plain sailing.
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