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Showing posts with label Shipping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shipping. Show all posts

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Just 16 Ships Expel as Much Pollution as All the Cars in the World


Large shipping vessels owned by globalist corporations are used to deliver slave labor goodies from China

Large shipping vessels have become commonplace in today’s global marketplace as goods are imported and exported across the world. While the high levels of pollution they create are something that most people don’t think too much about, some scientists are beginning to evaluate their environmental effect. One of the most disturbing facts discovered about these giant ships is that a mere 16 of them emit as much sulfur as do all the cars in the world combined.'

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Revealed: The Ghost Fleet of the Recession


The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

World Shipping Slowly Grinding To A Halt

Another ominous sign comes to light as world shipping starts to grind to a halt.

The situation now is that for those shipping companies that can actually get letters of credit are now slowing down their ships to reduce fuel consumption, slashing crew numbers and leaving some of their tonnage in dock with the lights out.The problem with letters of credit, which are needed before a vessel leaves harbour, is that demands between banks are being denied as banks are not trusting each other. The Libor rate and the interbank lending figures are just another reinforcement of this catastrophic process.

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