♲ @mlansbury@despora.de:> ## First ship with humanitarian wheat shipment in 2024 leaves Ukraine
The Sky Gate bulk carrier is shipping 25,000 metric tons of wheat to #Nigeria.
The vessel is moving through the temporary #BlackSea corridor. The #shipping route was opened in August 2023, weeks after Russia's unilateral termination of the Black Sea grain deal threatened Ukraine's ability to ship out its grain.
"On November 18, as many as 84 ships passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. By January 28, this figure went down to 28."
"The video "Intermodal" provides a minimalist portrayal of this critical yet awe-inspiring spectacle. Through its static shots of cargo ships being loaded & unloaded, the video highlights the overwhelming sense of anxiety that these operations can produce, while inviting viewers to contemplate their complicity in a system that values profit margins, speed and efficiency over people and the planet"
I'm fascinated by this Maritime nation Instagram account, this video of containers falling off of the ship and floating away (maybe they sink?) I wonder how many shipping containers are lost each year. Anyways after spending 45 minutes browsing these videos I will never get on a cruise ship or any kind of ship. 🚢 #Ships#Shipping
“Iran-backed” groups in #Syria and #Iraq claimed the drone strike that killed US troops. Let's be clear, it is #Iran which took over areas of those countries and enabled that situation in the first place.
All roads relating to terrorism eventually lead to Tehran or Moscow. Always.
ISIS continues to thrive in the Badia desert west of the Euphrates because instead defeating ISIS #Russia chose to keep an ISIS incubator to continue to destabilize Syria's majority Sunni areas and to enable #Iran to attack us forces in the anti-ISIS coalition across the river.
Ships are especially vulnerable as they pass Yemen because they must transit the narrow Bab el-Mandeb strait, otherwise known as the Gate of Grief, making them easier to target.
The Houthi attacks are significant because they target one of the world’s busiest and most-valuable shipping lanes which runs from Asia, via the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean. Roughly one third of all global trade comes via this route.
Oh, what's in this little box, a small sony trinitron perfect for some #retrogaming action perhaps?
Only a single layer of small bubble-wrap & a thin foam sheet over the front for protection seems a bit dicey, and it seems to be on it's side, but the box was intact & Japan's delivery services are pretty gentle with packages…
Uh oh, what a cracking crunching sound as I open the wrap? Damn. 🙀 Well, that's not going to be useful given the dangerous voltages present when using a crt, if it even works.
Once again we see that when a deal is too good to be true…
"about 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, with much of that fishing taking place around Africa and South Asia. More than 25% of transport and energy vessel activity are also missing from public tracking systems"
Immersive performance/exhibit co-created/produced by a colleague at the Natural History Museum is up through the 28th of January! Taking up the #shipping and #petroleum effects on lives in #ToxicLA#OilBeach#LosAngeles
#Hanwha plans to build the industry's first emission-free #gas carrier, expanding its decarbonization efforts into #shipping and addressing 3% of global #greenhouse gas emissions.
A good summary of the implications of the Houthi Red Sea attacks on shipping in direct retaliation to Israel’s war in Gaza. It explains the threat of escalation and the chaos it will mean to supply chains. However, nowhere does the article propose a simple solution: for the world to apply meaningful pressure on Israel to stop its genocidal war, as is the Houthi stated aim. #Houthi#Israel#Gaza#RedSea#Shipping#Genocide