shipping

Another "soft" but really nice news story to help balance the really bad stuff at least a little bit, Ireland's last wooden sailing vessel is being used to deliver and receive shipments from some of the Irish Islands out in the Atlantic...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.npr.org/2016/06/25/483523910/the-5-billion-panama-canal-expansion-opens-sunday-amidst-shipping-concerns The $5-Billion Panama Canal Expansion Opens Sunday, Amidst Shipping Concerns June 25, 2016·6:13 PM ET Carrie Kahn...

:siren: This is interesting. Found this on another forum, a live Google map showing all shipping traffic worldwide. Now, with 40-odd % of the worlds oil being shipped thru this area, you would think there would be more traffic...? Unless something is up? Thoughts everyone...

Ports see a stabilising of demand ahead 17/Jul/2009 by Thomas Cullen. Speaking yesterday (16/7/2009) on the publication of its half-yearly figures, the management of the Port of Rotterdam said that it sees the recession in maritime trade levelling out despite a severe fall in volumes over the...