IT’S OVER! The Biggest Container Ship In The World Caused Mega

IT’S OVER! The Biggest Container Ship In The World Caused Mega

this is not the view you want when navigating the sez Canal a giant container ship wedged from bank to bank blocking one of the world’s most important shipping lanes cargo ships are essential to International Trade they move 80% of all Commodities worldwide these vessels size strength and range have only grown with time but as these huge vessels Traverse the world’s oceans the question of whether the advantages of more capacity outweigh the dangers that mega ship posed to the environment Maritime workers and the maritime industry as a whole there are currently more huge container ships in operation than ever before these gigantic vessels have a maximum length of 1300 ft a width of 193 ft and a maximum capacity of 14,2 Ft equivalent units teus or more with a capacity of 24346 teus and dimensions of roughly 1,212 ft in length and 2011 ft in width the MSC arena is the largest cargo ship in the world it was placed into service in 2023 the first container ship the SS ideal X which was converted from an oil tanker used in World War II in 1955 and could accommodate 800 teus is far much smaller than this a surge in mishaps involving these Mega ships has been observed in the maritime industry due to the enormous number of large container ships in operation big big ships can lead to serious problems a vital Commerce route between Europe and Asia was blocked in 2021 when the massive container ship ever given flipped sideways in the Suez Canal this well- anchored ship captivated a pandemic weary world for nearly a week to which people responded with even Wilder theories and memes however there was a tangible effect as well up to 10 billion worth of goods passed through the canal every day the Francis Scott Key bridge which is 1.6 Mi long collapsed into the water almost instantly on March 26th 2024 after a different huge cargo ship struck a support column for the bridge in Baltimore at roughly 1:30 in the morning the Port of Baltimore which in 2023 handled $81 billion in International Goods experienced trade disruptions as a result of the Bridge fall Millions of dollars could be needed to rebuild the bridge although authorities have stated that a Mayday alert from the ship enabled the Maryland Transportation Authority police to stop traffic across the bridge perhaps averting some casualties six construction workers who were on the bridge have died these two occurrences occurred almost exactly 3 years apart 5,000 m apart and under quite different circumstances however both featured massive vessels of the kind that are now the found Foundation of modern international trade the everg given is a ship that is classified as Ultra large measuring about 300 ft in length and 220,000 gross tons the dolly ship is smaller than the others measuring about 9 to 80 ft in length and less than 100,000 gross tons yet it is still very big by human standards the first successful container ship in history a converted steamer that sailed from New Jersey to Texas in 1956 is very different from these big ships after that container ships gradually grew larger for several decades before abruptly growing much larger within the last 20 years requiring ports and canals to make costly adaptations often costing billions of dollars however as a result of advances in transportation technology and the principle of economies of scale ships grew increasingly large at an estimated cost of 300 16 million in today’s dollars the keybridge debuted in 1977 the engineering of the infrastructure was enormous however even it was no match for today’s container ship in fact a professor of civil and systems engineering at John’s Hopkins University named Benjamin W Schaefer said that no Bridge Pier could endure being struck by a ship the size of the dolly according to Schaefer these container ships are so huge these days modern shipping has to worry about more than simply accidents the seas are used to ship around 90% of all International Trade by volume these enormous cargo ships pass through many geopolitical hotspots where players have learned that obstructing one or two ships can have a worldwide effect that greatly outweighs their initial investment War has always affected Maritime trade but given the size of modern ships even a single successful Rock or drone attack might a vessel carrying hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo following the massive Onslaught on the Palestinian Enclave of Gaza by Hamas following its attacks on Israel on October 7th the huus a militant group from Yemen started attacking oil tankers and container ships in the Bob al-mandab straight the attacks essentially closed off access to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal forcing many Freight Carriers to to divert their Roots around the southern tip of Africa adding an average of 10 days to their one-way travel times due to the increase in global shipping costs supply chain experts predicted that if the disruption persisted for a full year consumer prices May Climb by as much as 2% worldwide the United States and its allies have tried but have not been successful in holding the huus accountable for these strikes one such straight that could imp peed international shipping is the Bob El mandb the straight of Hormuz is located on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula and it is here that tensions between Iranian commercial ships and the Revolutionary guard Corps frequently boil up in the Black Sea where it invaded its neighbor in February 2022 Russia has been able to stop many grain supplies from Ukraine the Panama Canal is becoming regarded as a concern for international trade along with the Suz Canal although it provides a quick route across the Americas the Panama Canal is dependent on rainfall and has been hampered for months by the drought in Asia there are concerns regarding important shipping routes such as the Taiwan straight which divides the independent Island from China and the malaka strait which links the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean between Indonesia and Malaysia when it comes to shipping Asia is a very worrying region labor organizations in the United States petitioned the Biden Administration this year for trade relief for the American ship building industry pointing out that Chinese built ships many of the massive Mega ships constructed by state-owned companies now dominated the world’s marine traffic over the last two decades America has essentially stopped building its own ships as ra fuar of the financial times stated the fact that the components and raw materials required to construct these new ships could no longer be produced in the country was one factor contributing to the shift away from American ship building according to fuar it’s ironic that these businesses suffered from offshoring which was made feasible by the increase in global trade brought about by our new gigantic ships the big container ship might be seen as a representation of our time in many ways the dolly may have been going into an American Port but it was built by the Korean company Hyundai handled by an Indian crew owned by a Singaporean company and carrying containers for a Danish shipping Giant on route to Sri Lanka it is not uncommon for a single ship to engage in this kind of multinational operation the huus used the argument that the ship was British and so belonged to an ally of Israel whom they detest for the war in Gaza to justify their attack on a ship last February that was transporting tens of thousands of tons of fertilizer from Saudi Arabia to Bulgaria afterwards the ship the ruar sank generating breathtaking photos the sole connection between Britain and the Ruby however was that the owner’s residence was listed as an apartment in Southampton England in a marine database the ship according to the financial times flew the flag of Biz was on a voyage organized by another Lebanese operator and had a mostly Syrian crew it was also partially handled by a ship management company with its headquarters in Beirut the widespread globalization that has facilitated Decades of Rapid economic growth is responsible for these opaque transnational systems but that system does not always appear good in a stinging critique for Freight waves in 2022 Rachel prac wrote that these massive ships represent an oligopoly with no competition often with questionable business practices including unregulated labor practices this is in addition to the risk of running sideways in a canal hitting a bridge or being fired upon by militants investigators are trying to determine if the fuel was polluted by water grit and algae that might block filters in the ship’s main generator which is what caused the power outage that appears to have caused the dolly to crash into the Key Bridge according to Ian ralby CEO of resource security and Maritime consulting firm IR consilium the problem might be made worse by the extensive disruption of international shipping lanes he stated in an interview we may be in a situation where ships are going to be taking on fuel in places where they can’t guarantee the quality or caliber of fuel he stated the desire for economies of scale and competitive advantages has led to a push for ever larger cargo ships which has presented the maritime sector with a number of different difficult hazards and issues although the efficiency and cargo capacity of these gigantic ships are promoted as their advantages their enormous size can have unintended consequences that affect not just shipping companies and their workers but also Port infrastructure the environment and Global Supply networks let’s examine the effects and possible drawbacks of extremely big vessels in more detail navigating difficulties and maneuverability massive ship like the everg given which is Infamous for its blockade of the Suez Canal are a symbol of the difficulties in navigating and Mobility that accompany such massive vessels these ships extreme length and breadth restrict their operating maneuverability and increase their risk of mishap in congested areas or bad weather the everg given incident brought to light the challenges associated with maneuvering and managing these enormous machines as well as the potential for significant interruptions to international trade routes in the event of accidents at vital choke points such as the Suez Canal greater size greater impact any accident or Collision is much more catastrophic due to the sheer size and weight of a container vessel consider the dolly incident to name just one part of the 1.6 M long Francis Scott Key bridge fell totally after the container ship impacted it with such power as footage from the incident shows it decelerated prior to colliding with the bridge reaching a maximum recorded velocity of 8.7 knots share your thoughts down below please subscribe and don’t forget to like today’s video we’ll see you in the next video thanks for watching

Cargo ships are essential to international trade; they move 80% of all commodities worldwide. These vessels’ size, strength, and range have only grown with time. But as these huge vessels traverse the world’s oceans, the question of whether the advantages of more capacity outweigh the dangers that mega-ships pose to the environment, maritime workers, and the maritime industry as a whole.
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