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Parking the Triple E

Next time you are attempting to parallel park in a tricky spot, spare a thought for the pilot and captain on board one of the Maersk Triple-E vessels. Click here to watch video that has been taken from the tug that is towing the Matz Maersk. There is also a video of the berthing operation […]

Hip new shipping container apartments

Crews have begun work on a cool new apartment block in Phoenix, Arizona. The new abode will consist of sixteen shipping containers, that each weighing approx 4500kgs.  These containers have been relocated from the Port of Long Beach. The project has been aptly named Containers on Grand. The containers are due to be fitted out […]

Furniture, with a twist of shipping

Back in October last year we bought you our first ever post on shipping container inspired furniture. Believe it or not, we’re not the only ones loving this look – we’ve had a lot of feedback from you all on it as well. Industrial, rough looking furniture is in vogue.  We’d like to share with […]

Twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Today we have some spectacular pictures to share from the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles. On a recent trip to the U.S., EES Administration Manager, Helen Hack snapped up some beautiful shots of these sprawling ports. The Port of Long Beach is the U.S.’s second busiest container port. The Port […]

Container ship runs around near Antwerp

Maersk container ships appear to be having a bit of a rough time lately with another grounding of one of their vessels near Antwerp. This latest incident comes one month after the Maersk Garonne ran aground in soft sand near Fremantle Port. It was the Tuesday morning (31st March) when the Sealand Meteor ran aground […]

Huge cocaine haul in Cork

€1.75m worth of cocaine has been detected in a shipping container that arrive in Cork, Ireland from Colombia. The port of Cork nestled in the lush countryside of Ireland. Customs and excise officers were suspicious of the container based on the cargo manifest. A further, closer, examination of the shipping container found 25kgs of cocaine […]

LATAM Group opens its biggest ever cargo terminal at Sao Paulo airport

SANTIAGO based LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America’s biggest air carrier, has opened a US$11.5 million domestic cargo facility at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo, reports Atlanta area Air Cargo World. The 11-metre high facility covers 161,458 square feet replaces the old warehouse that covered 105,000 square feet. It can handle a 1,000 tonnes of cargo […]

UK driver crisis intensifies

The British trucker shortage is at a crisis as demand rises, but few apply because high costs, low wages and legal liability, combine with a growing mass of regulations dissuading the old and young from this blighted sector. Difficulties recruiting heavy good vehicle drivers increased throughout last year and have continue into 2015, with 60 […]

MSC Oliver joins MSC Oscar

The MSC Oliver returned from sea trials over the weekend of the 21st-22nd March. This new container ship joins the MSC Oscar, it’s sister ship, as being the worlds largest container ships.  Both vessels can hold a record breaking amount of shipping containers, 19,224 twenty foot containers! The vessel is due for delivery to Mediterranean […]