With the Ukranian drone attack on Russian airfields, we pulled this from our archives about the potential conversion of containerships into modern day Q-ships.
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Q-Ships | Can Containerships Be Missile Carriers? | Club-K Carriers?
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June 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
With the Ukranian drone attack on Russian airfields, we pulled this from our archives about the potential conversion of containerships into modern day Q-ships.
youtu.be/qBTDAg3ftnU
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As the size of merchant ships continues to grow, spare a thought for the harbour pilots who have to board them.
#Pilots #Bulkcarriers #Containerships
#Pilots #Bulkcarriers #Containerships
March 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the size of merchant ships continues to grow, spare a thought for the harbour pilots who have to board them.
#Pilots #Bulkcarriers #Containerships
#Pilots #Bulkcarriers #Containerships
Shipping 101: Containerships
Discusses the evolution of containerships from Ideal X to a proposed 32,000 TEU #containership.
#supplychain
#shipping
#maritime
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Discusses the evolution of containerships from Ideal X to a proposed 32,000 TEU #containership.
#supplychain
#shipping
#maritime
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Shipping 101: Containerships
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January 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Shipping 101: Containerships
Discusses the evolution of containerships from Ideal X to a proposed 32,000 TEU #containership.
#supplychain
#shipping
#maritime
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Discusses the evolution of containerships from Ideal X to a proposed 32,000 TEU #containership.
#supplychain
#shipping
#maritime
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🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop 🛑
May 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop 🛑
#TrumpTariffToRecession
🔹Apr2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to US slowing
🔹EarlyToMidMay: Containerships to US ports come to a stop
🔹MidToLateMay: Trucking demand comes to a halt__empty shelves, lower sales
🔹LateMayToEarlyJun: Trucking, retail layoffs
🔹Summer2025: Recession
🔹Apr2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to US slowing
🔹EarlyToMidMay: Containerships to US ports come to a stop
🔹MidToLateMay: Trucking demand comes to a halt__empty shelves, lower sales
🔹LateMayToEarlyJun: Trucking, retail layoffs
🔹Summer2025: Recession
May 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#TrumpTariffToRecession
🔹Apr2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to US slowing
🔹EarlyToMidMay: Containerships to US ports come to a stop
🔹MidToLateMay: Trucking demand comes to a halt__empty shelves, lower sales
🔹LateMayToEarlyJun: Trucking, retail layoffs
🔹Summer2025: Recession
🔹Apr2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to US slowing
🔹EarlyToMidMay: Containerships to US ports come to a stop
🔹MidToLateMay: Trucking demand comes to a halt__empty shelves, lower sales
🔹LateMayToEarlyJun: Trucking, retail layoffs
🔹Summer2025: Recession
Timeline:
April 2: Tariffs announced, China containerships to U.S. slowing
Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt
Late May to early June: Layoffs in trucking and retail industries
Summer 2025: recession
Source: Apollo 🤦♀️
April 2: Tariffs announced, China containerships to U.S. slowing
Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt
Late May to early June: Layoffs in trucking and retail industries
Summer 2025: recession
Source: Apollo 🤦♀️
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Timeline:
April 2: Tariffs announced, China containerships to U.S. slowing
Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt
Late May to early June: Layoffs in trucking and retail industries
Summer 2025: recession
Source: Apollo 🤦♀️
April 2: Tariffs announced, China containerships to U.S. slowing
Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt
Late May to early June: Layoffs in trucking and retail industries
Summer 2025: recession
Source: Apollo 🤦♀️
1/Everyone has to be careful about misreading shipping data. This chart from @MarineTraffic shows normal density for containerships and shows icons for all vessels destined for the US.
April 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1/Everyone has to be careful about misreading shipping data. This chart from @MarineTraffic shows normal density for containerships and shows icons for all vessels destined for the US.
Prior to the war, the average was hundreds a day….
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows that since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, 46 bulk carriers, 28 crude tankers, 19 gas carriers, 19 product tankers and 15 containerships have departed the Middle East Gulf
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows that since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, 46 bulk carriers, 28 crude tankers, 19 gas carriers, 19 product tankers and 15 containerships have departed the Middle East Gulf
June 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Prior to the war, the average was hundreds a day….
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows that since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, 46 bulk carriers, 28 crude tankers, 19 gas carriers, 19 product tankers and 15 containerships have departed the Middle East Gulf
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows that since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, 46 bulk carriers, 28 crude tankers, 19 gas carriers, 19 product tankers and 15 containerships have departed the Middle East Gulf
I worked for SeaLand, McLean's shipping company. Sailed containerships for 30 years. This is a catastrophe in the making.
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I worked for SeaLand, McLean's shipping company. Sailed containerships for 30 years. This is a catastrophe in the making.
CMA CGM, OOCL, and ONE Introduce Next-Generation Containerships
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CMA CGM, OOCL, and ONE Introduce Next-Generation Containerships
As the buildout of the record orderbook for new container vessels proceeds, a new generation of vessels is being introduced, incorporating new technol...
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July 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
CMA CGM, OOCL, and ONE Introduce Next-Generation Containerships
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Trickle of Containerships Return to Suez Canal Under Discount Program
This is part of a CMA CGM service that has the protection of the EU NAVFOR Op ASPIDES, Marine Nationale & Italian Navy. One does not have to worry about the Houthis with naval edcort.
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This is part of a CMA CGM service that has the protection of the EU NAVFOR Op ASPIDES, Marine Nationale & Italian Navy. One does not have to worry about the Houthis with naval edcort.
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Trickle of Containerships Return to Suez Canal Under Discount Program
Two months into its special discount program to draw containerships back to the Suez Canal, the authority reports that 10 of the large vessels have no...
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July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trickle of Containerships Return to Suez Canal Under Discount Program
This is part of a CMA CGM service that has the protection of the EU NAVFOR Op ASPIDES, Marine Nationale & Italian Navy. One does not have to worry about the Houthis with naval edcort.
maritime-executive.com/article/tric...
This is part of a CMA CGM service that has the protection of the EU NAVFOR Op ASPIDES, Marine Nationale & Italian Navy. One does not have to worry about the Houthis with naval edcort.
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Yep. See also: www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
May 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Yep. See also: www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
This shows all the containerships that have the US as their destination in the Pacific, along with the schedule into the port of LA and Sea-Tac.
April 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This shows all the containerships that have the US as their destination in the Pacific, along with the schedule into the port of LA and Sea-Tac.
I have a clear view of the shipping channel between Seattle & Tacoma ports. Used to see 3+containerships a day. Maybe 1a day now, maybe none.
April 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have a clear view of the shipping channel between Seattle & Tacoma ports. Used to see 3+containerships a day. Maybe 1a day now, maybe none.
1/2. Trump Tariff to Recession Timeline:
🔹 April 2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to U.S. slowing
🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
🔹 Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt, leading to empty shelves and lower sales for companies
🔹 April 2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to U.S. slowing
🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
🔹 Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt, leading to empty shelves and lower sales for companies
April 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
1/2. Trump Tariff to Recession Timeline:
🔹 April 2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to U.S. slowing
🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
🔹 Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt, leading to empty shelves and lower sales for companies
🔹 April 2: Tariffs announced, containership departures from China to U.S. slowing
🔹 Early-to-mid May: Containerships to U.S. ports come to a stop
🔹 Mid-to-late May: Trucking demand comes to a halt, leading to empty shelves and lower sales for companies
Containerships Polar - 170m (558ft) and Chemical Sailor - 126m (413ft) entering Berendrecht Lock, Antwerp, BE
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Containerships Polar - 170m (558ft) and Chemical Sailor - 126m (413ft) entering Berendrecht Lock, Antwerp, BE
Containers #crash in the waves.
#7SyllableSentence
#contemporaryart
#containerships
#supplychain
#surrealism
#7SyllableSentence
#contemporaryart
#containerships
#supplychain
#surrealism
May 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Containers #crash in the waves.
#7SyllableSentence
#contemporaryart
#containerships
#supplychain
#surrealism
#7SyllableSentence
#contemporaryart
#containerships
#supplychain
#surrealism
From our summer holiday in Hamburg :) we had a nice picknick at the beach there and watched the huge containerships swim by. It`s a pity you cannot go into the water almost nowhere in Hamburg because the water is too dangerous 🌊
#sketch="/hashtag/sketchbook" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#sketchbook #watercolor #urbandrawing #sketch
#sketch="/hashtag/sketchbook" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#sketchbook #watercolor #urbandrawing #sketch
September 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
From our summer holiday in Hamburg :) we had a nice picknick at the beach there and watched the huge containerships swim by. It`s a pity you cannot go into the water almost nowhere in Hamburg because the water is too dangerous 🌊
#sketch="/hashtag/sketchbook" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#sketchbook #watercolor #urbandrawing #sketch
#sketch="/hashtag/sketchbook" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#sketchbook #watercolor #urbandrawing #sketch
Andy Burnham, give the young people of Clacton and Whitby Letters of Marque and Reprisal
Let them reave and bring back the containerships of many nations.
Let them reave and bring back the containerships of many nations.
July 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Andy Burnham, give the young people of Clacton and Whitby Letters of Marque and Reprisal
Let them reave and bring back the containerships of many nations.
Let them reave and bring back the containerships of many nations.
China Puts Fully-Electric, Intelligent Containership in Service
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China Puts Fully-Electric, Intelligent Containership in Service
The first of two large, fully-electric containerships was placed in service in China. Built for Ningbo Ocean Shipping, they are being promoted as a k...
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April 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
China Puts Fully-Electric, Intelligent Containership in Service
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1/x When you see these huge containerships with stacks of containers on them... have you ever wondered how those boxes stay fixed to the ship and each other?
January 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
1/x When you see these huge containerships with stacks of containers on them... have you ever wondered how those boxes stay fixed to the ship and each other?
A Quarter Century of Containerships and Container Lines
1️⃣Top Container Lines
2️⃣Shipbuilding
3️⃣Changing Container Ships
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1️⃣Top Container Lines
2️⃣Shipbuilding
3️⃣Changing Container Ships
youtu.be/shFl7q0_rSY
A Quarter Century of Containerships and Container Lines | 2000 to 2025
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April 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A Quarter Century of Containerships and Container Lines
1️⃣Top Container Lines
2️⃣Shipbuilding
3️⃣Changing Container Ships
youtu.be/shFl7q0_rSY
1️⃣Top Container Lines
2️⃣Shipbuilding
3️⃣Changing Container Ships
youtu.be/shFl7q0_rSY
US Port Update - May 1, 2025 | Latest Supply Chain and Freight Indicators
#supplychain #containers #tariffs #ports #containerships
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#supplychain #containers #tariffs #ports #containerships
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US Port Update - May 1, 2025 | Latest Supply Chain and Freight Indicators
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May 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
US Port Update - May 1, 2025 | Latest Supply Chain and Freight Indicators
#supplychain #containers #tariffs #ports #containerships
youtu.be/YXkWbhAQK5c
#supplychain #containers #tariffs #ports #containerships
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Sending containerships across the Arctic raises red flags safety4sea.com/sending-cont...
Sending containerships across the Arctic raises red flags
The Clean Arctic Alliance has issued a statement responding to reports that China has launched a new containership route passing
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September 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sending containerships across the Arctic raises red flags safety4sea.com/sending-cont...
1/x How do the find the right container on board these large containerships? "OK, John, we need the green one" is not going to work.. so instead we use the BRT system (Bay-Row-Tier)
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
1/x How do the find the right container on board these large containerships? "OK, John, we need the green one" is not going to work.. so instead we use the BRT system (Bay-Row-Tier)