The global risks caused by bigger and bigger container ships

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Cargo Ships Keep Getting Bigger, and Infrastructure Is Racing to Keep Up

Despite its seemingly large scale, Dali is an average-sized container ship. It can carry 10,000 TEUs, or 20-foot equivalent units, the global ... accommodate bigger ships—or risk losing business. Read More

One problem with making bridges stronger? Ships getting bigger

As larger and faster container ships began ... “If they see much bigger ships are coming back and forth, maybe they need to revisit the risk assessment,” he said. This story was originally ... Read More

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Container ships use heavy fuel oil called bunker fuel. They’re more efficient than trains, trucks and planes. But bunker fuel is highly polluting, and container ships produce about 3% of the world’s ... Read More

Ships are getting bigger. That's making incidents like the Baltimore bridge collapse more complicated.

Rahul Khanna, the global head ... the safety gains, container ships have "grown up in size by as much as 1,500% in the last fifty years," so the vessels now pose more risks to themselves and ... Read More

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The global risks caused by bigger and bigger container ships

Big ships can cause big ... These giant container ships traverse numerous geopolitical hot spots where actors have realized that blocking one or two ships can have a global impact that far ... Read More

The global risks caused by bigger and bigger container ships

Big ships can cause big problems. In 2021, the huge container ship Ever Given twisted ... this firmly lodged ship captivated a pandemic-weary world that responded with wild theories and wilder ... Read More