The future of box shipping: less vessel cascading and fewer liner alliances?
Vessel cascading has been an ever-present feature of container shipping since liner executives first understood ...
Pure effing genius from occasional Loadstar contributor and hero geek Andrew McAlpine – you may have seen the time-lapse videos from South Korea of the construction of the Maersk’s new 18,000teu triple-E ultra large container vessels (ULCVs). Here, from Andrew’s spare bedroom in Southampton, when he gets a rare bit of peace from his newly born son, is a time-lapse construction of the Lego Triple-E. Everything is awesome! “It took 23 hours in total – filmed over a week, luckily ...
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