Hacker News with Generative AI: Shipping

Germany battles to secure 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker adrift (theguardian.com)
Germany is battling to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, which it says is part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet”.

Germany, International Relations, Shipping, Sanctions, Russia

6 points by howard941 6 days ago | 1 comments

Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment' (lloydslist.com)

Espionage, Shipping, International Relations, Finland

590 points by nabla9 22 days ago | 561 comments

Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its carbon footprint (techxplore.com)
The sailboat 'Grain de Sail II' sails off Saint Malo, western France, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Thibault Camus

Shipping, Sustainability, Environment, Technology

7 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 1 comments

Exploring the Cost and Feasibility of Battery-Electric Ships (newscenter.lbl.gov)
Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers recently published in Nature Energy.

Environment, Shipping, Energy, Sustainability, Cost Analysis

50 points by gnabgib 59 days ago | 99 comments

Electrifying ships could be cost effective by 2035, study says (techxplore.com)
Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers recently published in Nature Energy.

Climate Change, Shipping, Sustainability, Energy, Technology

14 points by hindsightbias 79 days ago | 0 comments

RP FLIP escapes wrecker's claws (gcaptain.com)
Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe.

Shipping, Maritime, Accidents, News, Business

115 points by tomohawk 82 days ago | 50 comments

Russians Helped Houthis Target International Shipping (twz.com)
The Houthis' anti-shipping campaign diverted a lot of attention from Russia's war in Ukraine.

International Relations, Yemen, War, Shipping, Ukraine

32 points by peutetre 85 days ago | 12 comments

What happens when shipping containers get lost at sea and burst? (apnews.com)
More than 20,000 shipping containers have tumbled overboard in the last decade and a half. Their varied contents have washed onto shorelines, poisoned fisheries and animal habitats, and added to swirling ocean trash vortexes. Most containers eventually sink to the sea floor and are never retrieved.

Shipping, Environmental Issues, Ocean Pollution

8 points by speckx 106 days ago | 0 comments

Port strikes end with deal on wages (npr.org)
A strike by tens of thousands of dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts, that could have seriously hurt the U.S. economy had it continued, has been called off.

Labor, Economy, Ports, Shipping, United States

13 points by black_puppydog 106 days ago | 23 comments

US dockworkers suspend ports strike until January (bbc.com)
The union representing tens of thousands of dockworkers across the US has agreed to suspend its strike while negotiations continue.

Labor Unions, Strikes, Shipping, USA

9 points by ethbr1 106 days ago | 14 comments

Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators reach an agreement (cnn.com)

Labor Unions, Strikes, Shipping, Logistics, Negotiations

13 points by wumeow 106 days ago | 2 comments

Just Pay Them Off (cremieux.xyz)
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) is on strike. The ILA is not America’s largest union, but it is among the most impactful for the simple reason that its workers dominate freight loading and unloading at 36 U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. If they stop those ports from operating, Americans will face meaningfully higher prices, people will lose their jobs, and in a very general sense, the country will suffer for it.

Labor Unions, Shipping, Economics

25 points by NavinF 108 days ago | 5 comments

US East and Gulf coast ports face shutdown as union announces intent to strike (gcaptain.com)
Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe.

Labor Unions, Maritime Industry, Shipping, Transportation, US Economy

38 points by casefields 110 days ago | 100 comments

Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships (construction-physics.com)
The U.S. has interests in regions all around the globe. Perhaps none are more remote than the polar region: areas near or in the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.

Politics, Science, Climate Change, Shipping

241 points by chmaynard 113 days ago | 315 comments

Baltic Maritime Traffic Feed (marksblogg.com)
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a ship tracking system. It's main aim is to help avoid maritime collisions by making vessels identify where they are.

Maritime Safety, Shipping, Tracking Systems, AIS

4 points by marklit 116 days ago | 0 comments

Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data (beautifulpublicdata.com)
Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year—tracked from America's busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data.

Data Visualization, Maritime, Shipping, Data Analysis

98 points by bookofjoe 117 days ago | 17 comments

Largest wind-powered cargo ship made first delivery across the Atlantic (fastcompany.com)

Shipping, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Cargo Ships, Environment

25 points by zdw 132 days ago | 4 comments

Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships? (construction-physics.com)

Shipping, Manufacturing, United States

40 points by sien 135 days ago | 48 comments

Judge orders removal of 1,000ft rotting ocean liner from Philadelphia pier (theguardian.com)

Environment, Law, Philadelphia, Shipping

40 points by howard941 150 days ago | 25 comments

North Norwegian port welcomes controversial Chinese shipping giant to the Arctic (nrk.no)