One of the last construction materials we might associate with cargo ships is concrete.
The MSC Irina is the biggest cargo ship in the world when it comes to space, and at full capacity, the sweetly named ship can carry more than 24,300 standard 20-foot shipping containers stacked up to 26 deep.
The flight, spanning 25 kilometres and lasting a little more than 10 minutes, is the first step in their hopes of commercial flights in Europe.
Hardo’s latest work on canvas is called Baltic Degens and celebrates all the ‘self-confessed degenerates’ at work in dry freight markets today.
A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aeroplanes without the need to modify the cockpit.
Trade across the oceans is one of the oldest forms of commerce, so it’s only natural that it would be in need of an AI overhaul. With this in mind, Rolls Royce recently released its view of what autonomous shipping would look like, calling it “the next step.”
Every year, retired cruise ships and bulk carriers are sold to ship-breaking yards in Turkey and India where thousands of workers painstakingly cut up the massive vessels and sell their parts for scrap.
With a little sense of adventure, however, there is a lesser-known way to visit your family in Spain, and it’s a whole lot cheaper too.
Several years of work by researchers at the University of Washington and NASA has revealed that lightning doesn’t always strike indiscriminately.
Eskom, Transnet, the SA Post Office, PRASA, SAA, Denel – names that haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory. Will we be adding another soon?
September was a bumper month for local manufacturers selling vehicles abroad. Ford, in particular, will be chuffed.
The so-called ‘tiny living’ trend continues to grow in popularity. Container homes don’t have to give up all the creature comforts, though.
The world of shipping is complicated enough without container ships destroying cranes and rear-ending other boats.
I always take a closer look when I see shipping containers being repurposed into something liveable, which Zackary South has more than ticked off.
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.
The world’s first commercial autonomous voyage has been completed with success along the coast of Japan.
Around 80% of the world’s traded goods are transported in shipping containers across the sea.
Shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis had a fascinating life, and dated some of the most famous women in the world before his death in 1975.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In recent years, the shipping industry has been grappling with ways to reduce its environmental impact.
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.
Five months after the Ever Given container ship blocking the Suez Canal became the most popular meme on the internet, it returned for a shot at sweet, sweet redemption.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.