Alaska Dispatch News

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. Here’s what happens when they burst open.

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size ...
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 ...
Post and Courier

SC Ports says it's a juggling act to handle habitually late container ships

When the OOCL Iris pulled into the Port of Charleston last week, it had a couple of distinctions. Not only was it the largest container ship to visit the local waterfront, with the capacity to carry ...
The Washington Post

The global risks caused by bigger and bigger container ships

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