Tag: Maersk
Copenhagen I
Made it to HQ on the bus boat (or boat bus – whatever the commuting vessel for normal people is called; ie. not the expensive tourist “See Copenhagen” ones, but literally a normal bus ticket – brilliant!). Cranes at the container terminal clearly more efficient than one human operating an 8-wheeler, as in CT. Need…
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…
DALI vs. Francis Scott Bridge (V)
It’s like the flyover to the N2 from Hospital Bend, tow trucks chillaxing under the bridge, waiting for something to go down. We used to call them vultures, which is a bad analogy because vultures don’t sit around waiting for fresh blood (I think?). So this one’s better. Some of those tug thugs are seriously…
DALI vs. Francis Scott Bridge (IV)
Dali remains where it collided with/destroyed (etc.) the bridge on Tuesday 26 March (19 days so far; it’s going to be a LOT longer). Thankful as usual for much wisdom from The Loadstar on what, how, whom: NB. learning:
Canals (I)
Found a 3-part documentary charmingly titled Suez: A Very British Crisis, which I have yet to watch. Aperitivo: “The Story of British Canals”, in which I learned a number of interestoids (IODs). IOD 1: IOD 2: IOD 3: IOD 4: IOD 5: * Speaking of “hopeful investors”, I’m reading a book my mother stumbled upon…
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…
Maersk Chennai
249m. Apparently off to Jebel Ali (UAE) next. Singaporean flag. (Cruise ship Vasco da Gama has fucked off.) Yesterday we built a container. Probably should have started with the NB. instruction to get glue. Still, a lesson in engineering and Malcom Maclean’s big idea for standardizing boxes and how every little bit has a function.