Tag: Cape of Good Hope
Red Sea vs. Cape of Good Hope
From gCaptain: Meanwhile, from Splash: This is worth quoting in full: Ships taking the alternative, non-Houthi route between Asia and Europe face another perilous situation, namely the rough seas around South Africa. The 6,966 teu MSC Antonia lost 46 boxes overboard last week during severe weather conditions with another 305 containers damaged, according the increasingly…
CMA CGM Masai Mara
240m. Belgian flag. An even stranger name than Bear Ridge Mountain. WTF? Makes me think of House of Cards and Kenyan warriors. But pretty in its way – for a giant that is tranquil. Well-laden. Stable. Why leave? It’s not like anything was happening. Anymore, after the “death ship” livestock carrier finally left and carried…
MSC Capri (and “optimism” about SA ports)
207m. LIberian flag. A baby, really. But shame, there was at least something going on (look carefully for the box in transit, which moved so fast I almost missed it), even though the port(s) apparently closed early today because of an “unexpected union meeting.” (This was a little blow for Chad, whose box of Farmina…
Costs of the Red Sea in 2024
Maersk is in and out of the Red Sea, which seems like poor decision-making on the part of new(ish) non-Danish CEO. He’ll get boardroom tut tuts for what he probably thought was a mighty bold fuck you to what’s actually happening in the world. Meanwhile, it’s costing lives and livelihoods. FreightWaves: BBC: Eddie Skoller was…