The shipping industry has witnessed tremendous growth in the international, global carriage of goods by container vessels. Container ships have been ever increasing in size, and capacity. There are ...

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How does a container ship carrying thousands of tons of cargo suddenly break in half? This video tells the story of a vessel that split apart at sea, losing 4,293 containers and becoming one of the ...

When the Ever Given became stuck in the Suez Canal in 2021, the BBC reported, it prevented approximately 12% of the world's trade from passing through. The Ever Given itself had a capacity for 20,000 ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dozens of cargo containers are in the water at the Port of Long Beach after they slid from the ship that was carrying them. The Mississippi cargo ship was attached to the pier ...