Logistics Middle East

The 5 largest container ships and the concentration of global trade capacity

The largest container vessels in operation reveal the economic logic underpinning Asia–Europe trade and selective Middle East ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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

The container ship Dali hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, causing the entire structure to fall within seconds. Kena Betancur / Getty Images Early Tuesday morning, a cargo ...
Marketplace

Big cargo ships are more efficient. And more risky.

There is still a lot we don’t know about Tuesday’s shipping accident in Baltimore that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Six people are presumed dead and federal investigators have recovered the ...
Newsday

Focus on bridge safety, ship size in New York waterways after Baltimore collapse

Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore after a nearly 1,000-foot-long ship lost power and crashed into a pillar last month, engineering experts have raised questions about whether ...
Marine Link

Ships Above 12,000 TEU Drive 100% Increase in Average Ship Size

Since 2006, the average container ship has doubled in size to 4,580 TEU and ships with a capacity of more than 12,000 TEU has accounted for 51% of the fleet’s capacity expansion. Today, just 626 ships ...