water transport
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Online Shopping Is Turning the High Seas Into a Super-Polluting Highway
Mega retailers Amazon, Walmart, Target, and IKEA have made a mint during the pandemic as millions of consumers flocked to online shopping. Those companies have seen record profits as a result, but those profits will come at a steep environmental cost.
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The Ever Given Is Finally Free To Sail The Seven Seas
All the way back in March, the Ever Given container ship blocked up the Suez Canal, helping to push a shipping industry strained by the COVID-19 pandemic to the breaking point. Now, over three months later, the ship is finally on its way out of the Suez Canal.
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There’s More To Why The Ever Given Got Stuck
Obviously, we’ve been covering the living hell out of Ever Given’s obstruction of the Suez Canal for the last few weeks. But, we haven’t talked much about why the big boat got stuck in the first place. The consensus seems to be that a sandstorm with heavy winds played a starring role and the Suez…