United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) claims 80% of the world trade tonnage for sea transportation. The shipping sector uses four million barrels of oils per day which is 4% of global production. Even the highest portion of trade carried by water, it is the least CO2 emitting transport mean for one mile […]
Cruise Ships are the best if you love the ocean and looking for a world tour. With the increasing demand for cruise tours and to provide customers the best quality services and entertainment onboard cruise operators demand big ships from the shipbuilders. Cruise owners work hard to provide the best cruise experience to their customers. […]
There are different types of ships available in the world’s vessel fleet. According to the UNCTAD data in 2019, the world fleet has 95,402 ships with 1.97 billion deadweight capacity. In January 2021, the deadweight capacity reached 2.1 billion dwt which is 63 million dwt more than the year 2020. This reached 105,500 vessels with a […]
Bulk carrier ship is a specially designed ship to carry cargo in bulk form. These bulk ships or bulkers or bulk freighters have large wholes called hatches to load cargo. Cargo like grain, sugar, cement, ore and coal load into the hatches in unpacked form. The bulk vessel is popular as it is economical and […]
Container shipping has a history of more than 60 years. More than 60% of the sea freight is containerized cargo. Day by day large container vessels add to the world vessel fleet by shipping lines to cater to the demand for containerized cargo. There are different shipbuilding companies for ship construction and the largest container […]
The stowage plan for container ships is the plan prepared on how cargo is loaded and stacked in a container vessel. The stowage plan is also known as the bay plan. Containers store in cargo holds and on deck according to the bay plan. It is needed to make sure 1st unloading containers to be […]
An intermodal container is another name for the shipping containers. Or containerized cargo are intermodal containers. Once the cargo is loaded into a container by a shipper it could transport in vessels, rails, and trucks without destuffing the goods until they reach the destination port. Hence these shipping containers are often called as intermodal containers. […]
Unit Load Device (ULD) is specially made containers and pallets to transport cargo via air. All the Air freights, mails, and other luggage are stuffed in these containers and load them to the cargo belly of airplanes or to the air freighters. International Air Transport Association (IATA) is responsible to design the ULD and implement […]
The world’s largest container ships have more than 20,000 TEU carrying capacity in 2020. International Chamber of Shipping(ICS) counts 50,000 merchant vessels in the world vessel fleet. From the world cargo tonnage about 90% move using the sea transportation worldwide. Out of the different types of vessels, Container ships (also known as containership, box ships) […]
10 Largest Ports in the World Port of Shanghai Port of Shanghai remains as the world busiest port and the largest port in terms of cargo volume handling at port. Port of Shanghai overtook the Port of Singapore in 2010 and, since then position in the 1st place with a year by year growth. Port […]