The messy reality of feeding Alaska – High Country News

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After Trump threatened Canada, a writer discovers the uncertainty of the state’s food supply chain.

Carbon-conscious travelers can now sail across the Atlantic in a wind-powered cargo ship

Described as “the world’s largest cargo ship with sails,” Anemos has opened its cabins to passengers wanting a low-carbon journey across the Atlantic.

The thousands of shipping containers lost at sea waiting to burst open

The Independent

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 plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so many mismatched Crocs.

Dragons and Sharks on a Beach Near You: The Story of the Great Lego Spill

On a miserable, drizzly day in late June, Hayley Hardstaff, a marine biologist, took a walk along Portwrinkle Beach in Cornwall, England, and discovered a dragon. It was a Lego piece — black, plastic and missing its upper jaw. Ms.

In Shipping, a Push to Slash Emissions by Harnessing the Wind

One ship was pulled across the sea with the help of an enormous sail that looked as if it belonged to a kite-surfing giant. Another navigated the oceans between China and Brazil this summer with steel and composite-glass sails as high as three telephone poles.

The return of cargo-carrying sail ships

Jorne Langelaan is beaming as he shows me around De Tukker, a traditional two-mast Dutch sail barge that was built in 1912. Last month, the ship set sail on its first commercial voyage under the ownership of Mr Langelaan's company, Ecoclipper.

With Ships, Birds Find an Easier Way to Travel

Hakai Magazine

Why fly all the way across the ocean when you can chill out by the pool? Last fall, hundreds of birders rushed to Bryher, a tiny island off the coast of Cornwall, England. They came to see a Blackburnian warbler, a bird with a flaming orange throat and a high-pitched, trilled song.

Coast Guard: Ever Forward Pilot Distracted By Cell Phone Prior to Grounding

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The U.S. Coast Guard says the pilot of the containership Ever Forward was distracted by his cell phone when the 1,095-foot ship grounded in the Chesapeake Bay back in March, becoming stuck for more than a month before it was eventually refloated. U.S.

Supply-Chain Problems? Try a Cargo Schooner

The New Yorker

It’s been a rough few years for the supply chain. Last spring, as the world watched, a huge container ship loaded with bicycles, dildos, and IKEA furniture blocked the Suez Canal for six days.

When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink

The New Yorker

There is a stretch of coastline in southern Cornwall known for its dragons. The black ones are rare, the green ones rarer; even a dedicated dragon hunter can go a lifetime without coming across a single one.

How to rescue the world’s biggest cargo ships

Rain lashed the windows. A violent sea pounded the steel hull of the ship and the wind roared with primeval power. It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2010. The Kota Kado, a 230m-long container ship, had run aground outside the port of Hong Kong.

Coffee Shipped by Sailboats In Effofts To Distrupt The Heavy Ships’ Command Of The High Seas

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May 21, 2022,(Bloomberg) –There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic.

The Supply Chain Story: A Year-End View

gCaptain

Anecdotally, in the last weeks of 2021, the supply chain problems, encompassing a huge swath of issues, may be getting better. Containers seem to be moving out of port-side facilities more quickly, ie “dwell time” has been reduced.