So you think you know big. What you are about to read redefines the term “big”. In February of 2011, Mærsk line announced that it had commissioned Korea’s Daewoo to build the world’s largest ship. At a cost of US$190 million, the 400 meter-long ’Triple-E’ class behemoth will carry 18,000 TEU containers, 2500 more than the vessel [...]
For centuries, we have understood that excellent logistical planning and execution is the foundation of success in the battlefield. There is no greater example of this than the truly inspirational story of the construction and USS New York. In an episode of its wonderful series “Mighty Ships,” The Discovery Channel takes viewers on a journey [...]
Hapag-Lloyd currently ranks as the fourth-largest liner shipping company in the world. This summer, the company celebrated 120 years of service to and from Canada. The history of its contribution to the Canadian mosaic is fascinating, and is described on the Hapag-Lloyd web site : As Canadian routes became increasingly attractive from an economic point of [...]
The construction of the Panama Canal, completed in 1914, was truly a marvel of engineering, logistics, and human perseverance. Its influence on international trade for the past century has been immeasurable. And now it is undergoing a face lift of a magnitude that would make an aging Hollywood starlet blush. But unlike the starlets’s dalliance [...]
After a short period of relative calm off the Horn of Africa, Somali pirates have again seized a commercial vessel near the country of Oman. By late Friday morning EST May 11, 2012, Reuters news agency was reporting that the vessel MT Smyrni had been loaded loaded with nearly 1 million barrels of crude oil, in [...]
The Global Maritime Logistics industry is almost unimaginably huge. In my role as the Operations Manager for a major importer of finished goods into Canada from Europe and Asia, I was familiar with the names of many of the big players in the business – Mærsk, P&O Nedloyd, and so forth – who carried a [...]
The importance of managing risk through the supply chain has become painfully evident as a result of natural disasters which have occurred in recent months and years. Not withstanding the obvious human cost and tragedy that ensued, catastrophes caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, flooding in Thailand, factory explosions in Germany, and volcanic [...]
From the “what will they think of next” category, The University of Tokyo has revealed its concept for a next generation cargo ship concept with 50m high sails uses 30% less fuel. The Akihabara News reports: The aim of the Wind Challenger Project is to substantially reduce fuel consumption by large merchant vessels. Under development [...]
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