Hard labor….Hell on earth….Toxic Words that for many describe the many ship breaking yards of the far east. A recent Bangladesh High Court ruling has environmentalists joyful, and upwards of 36 ship recycling yards dealing with a potential shut down. India’s ship breaking business is known worldwide for its environmental hazards, exploitation and poor workers [...]

Just when it seems like it couldn’t get any worse for the U.S. Navy, the nuclear submarine USS HARTFORD collided with the amphibious ship USS NEW ORLEANS in the Strait of Hormuz at 1 AM local on the 19th of March.   After embarrassing engineering problems with the Navy’s newest amphib class kept the USS [...]

An incredible video of a North Sea oil platform in huge seas! Really amazing to watch, and a true testament to the power of the ocean and human engineering.

The largest floating crane on the U.S. West Coast was successfully offloaded from the M/V ZHEN HUA 22 in San Francisco Bay yesterday.  The impressive crane that is going to be used to complete construction on the East Span of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge floated off the heavy lift ship M/V ZHEN [...]

I came across this photo that demonstrates the staggering impact the economic downturn has had on global shipping. Many idle ships are now being used to store empty shipping containers as ports now face dealing with mounting stacks of empty containers.   I have yet to notice a drastic increase in idled U.S. ships, however it [...]