“Shipping originally was completely wind-powered. We know that it works, right?”
The Felicity Ace ship was supposed to transport the estimated 4 000 vehicles from Volkswagen’s factory in Germany to the US.
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.
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.
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.
If you’re bored of looking at the same old visuals of that ship in the Suez Canal, you can now do a flyby in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
For reasons that may forever remain a mystery, Boeing has patented an odd plane that effectively sucks up shipping containers.
The champion superyacht, ‘My Song’, was damaged beyond repair when it was almost lost at sea after falling off a cargo ship.
Turns out watching cargo ship fails can be quite enjoyable to watch from a distance. It’s also a good reminder of why people put such a premium on insurance.
A good cargo ship passes by unnoticed to the general public, and a terrible cargo ship ploughs into a historic building and causes irreparable damage.
During Durban’s monster storm, a massive cargo ship ran aground and all hell broke loose. It took a pretty adept rescue operation to turn this one around.
Cement cargo ship sinks off Scotland. More load-shedding on the way. North Korea not happy at all. Mandelas ‘spoiling for a fight.’ More Air Asia bodies found. It’s expensive to hang with Zuma at ANC birthday.
Companies like Google and Tesla may be developing driverless cars, but Rolls-Royce is upping the ante by developing drone cargo ships.