News – A British family was terrified the moment they heard a strong explosion in their home, which turned out to be caused by the burning of their electric car while charging it overnight. It was a Mercedes four-wheel drive car, worth approximately $63,000. Surveillance cameras installed in front of the house documented the moment … Read more
Greek shipping continues to dominate the seas of the world, according to the figures of the United Nations Trade and Development Commission (UNCTAD) that were made public yesterday afternoon. THE Greek-owned fleet with 4,992 ships and a total carrying capacity of 394,977,181 dwt maintains the first position globally with a 16.9% share in dwt terms, … Read more
Status: 23.09.2024 20:27 Surprising turn of events in the Altes Land: The four remaining quay cranes on the site of the former Sietas shipyard are now being dismantled. As the cultural authority told NDR 90.3, the cranes’ monument protection status cannot be maintained. The reason is that they have already been sold. Only the large … Read more
It’s busy on the Flensburg Fjord on Friday afternoon: sailors and motorboat drivers are enjoying the sunny late summer day. In the middle of it all is the freighter “Kessu”, which left the port of Ust-Luga west of St. Petersburg a few days ago. The ship has docked at Harniskai. Once again, a controversial cargo … Read more
Status: 30.08.2024 19:44 Ten months after the fatal shipping accident between Heligoland and Langeoog, the salvage of the “Verity” has begun. A huge floating crane has lifted the 600-ton stern of the freighter from the North Sea floor. The floating crane “Hebo Lift 10”, one of the strongest in Europe, placed the 40-meter-long stern section … Read more
Status: 13.08.2024 09:20 The Papenburg-based Meyer Werft shipyard says it will build four cruise ships for Disney Cruise Line. The large order shows that the shipyard’s ships are in demand, said Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister Lies. This is the highest order value in the history of Meyer Werft, as the company announced on Monday. The … Read more
The shipping giants that control the global maritime container trade are getting even bigger, according to the latest figures to come to light. The top ten liner shipping companies by capacity control 85.4% of the global fleet with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest shipping company, increasing its fleet by 7.1% since the start … Read more
The Ministry of Transport is continuing with the creation of a system of slots within the ports, just like these relevant within the aviation trade. In accordance with the “readability” the Ministry awarded to a non-public firm, the venture “Specification of an object for the creation of a Sea Port Time Slots System” within the … Read more
In keeping with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this 12 months marks the fortieth anniversary of the coalition. “He’s a dwelling instance of the significance of pleasant relations between China and Germany regardless of all variations. Issues and variations of opinion can solely be resolved if individuals meet and alternate concepts with one another,” Weil … Read more
“We’ve been looking for that octopus for two years. It’s not easy to find,” Vytautas Cemolonskas, father of thirteen-year-old Liutauras, told the news agency. PA about finding his son. “We didn’t expect to find it because it’s very rare.” The Lego octopus found by Liutauras Cemolonskas on the beach of Marazion, a coastal town in … Read more