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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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    • China Is Going Wild For South Africa’s Nuts

      07 May 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      If the good people of China decide they like something, there’s generally a global boom that follows. That’s great news for some South African farmer.

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    • “White Gold”: Exporting Fynbos Is Now Proving Very Lucrative

      05 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      With its silvery white baubles and longer lifespan, there’s a particular species of fynbos that is proving very popular overseas.

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