An amazing video shot by a passenger on the Carnival Legend as it allides with the Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas in Cozumel, Mexico.  It appears to have been caused by strong winds, which pushed the Carnival Legend onto the docked Enchantment of the Seas, damaging both vessels.  I wonder why they decided it [...]

This is somewhat old, but came across it while surfing the web and figured I’d share with those who might be interested.  This is a special on freak or rogue waves produced by BBC. It goes in depth in the history of rogue waves, and their possible causes.  You can view the special on [...]

I ran a post on the build-up of cargo ships off Asian ports earlier as the fears of a global recession grew into 2009. A reader brought an interesting article to my attention, and it seems as if the collection of cargo ships has grown even further since early 2009, and is showing no signs of changing. I find this interesting as many have speculated that we have reached bottom and are rebounding back, based primarily on the U.S. stock market and some other economic indicators. What does the continuing stagnation of shipping tell us about where we are at now?

Does the stockpile of ships off Singapore reveal something more ominous?