[Link] More than four months after blocking the Suez Canal cargo ship finally reaches destination

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The container ship Ever Given, which got stuck in the Suez Canal in March, arrived in the Dutch port of Rotterdam after being released by authorities in Egypt. The 400-metre vessel eased into the Amazonehaven container terminal on Thursday (local time), months later than originally planned.

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[Link] Aerodynamic Buoyant Blimp Budges Into Low Cost Cargo Commerce

Read: 4/11/2021 hackaday.com

Before the Wright Brothers powered their way across the sands of Kitty Hawk or Otto Lilienthal soared from the hills of Germany, enveloping hot air in a balloon was the only way to fly. Concepts were refined as time went by, and culminated in the grand Zeppelins of the 1930’s.

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[Link] Supply chains threatened as vaccine deadline looms for freight workers entering the NT

Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

From groceries and hardware to cattle and clothes, freight workers play a crucial role in keeping the Northern Territory open for business. But the NT government's vaccine deadline for the industry is fast approaching.

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[Link] Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche

Read: 11/10/2021 hackaday.com

It is by no means an overstatement to say that life as we know it would grind to a halt without cargo ships.

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