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Electric container ships won't work—but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping

Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, ...
Business Insider

Yemen's Houthi rebels are menacing ships on the high seas

Commercial ships have diverted from the Red Sea over the Houthi missile threats. The Houthis showed in late April they can strike ships in the Indian Ocean. "By disrupting shipping, the Houthis can ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. Here’s what happens when they burst open.

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size ...
FOX31 Denver

Explosion forces crew to abandon Hong Kong-flagged container ship in the Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion has struck a Hong Kong-flagged container ship traveling north through the Red Sea, sparking a major fire that forced its crew to abandon the vessel, ...
Mongabay

Study maps owners of world’s high-seas ships often tied to illegal fishing

For decades, the owners of refrigerated container ships, or reefers, often associated with illegal fishing, have remained in the shadows. Now, a new study has traced 324 companies as the owners of 569 ...
Marine Link

Container Ships Maritime Vessels - The Backbone of International Trade

Container ships are vessels designed specifically to transport standardized containers. Container ships have revolutionized shipping, making it more cost-effective and efficient to transport goods ...