A screenshot from a video taken by the OceanGate Titan submersible shows the Titanic’s telemotor steering mechanism, where one of the ship’s wheels used to be. (OceanGate screen capture) On another deep dive to the famous North Atlantic wreck of the Titanic, Everett, Washington, OceanGate recorded a video with its Titan submersible showing that the … Read more
OceanGate Expeditions will use the offshore support vessel Horizon Arctic on expeditions to the Titanic. (OceanGate photo) OceanGate Expeditions, based in Everett, Washington, has taken another giant step by selecting the expedition’s auxiliary ship to send their submersible to the world’s most famous shipwreck. The Canadian-owned 93.6 meter long Horizon Arctic will serve as the … Read more
A rendering of the Ever Given container ship, which is stuck in the Suez Canal, is shown in a “Microsoft Flight Simulator” video released on TikTok. (TikTok screenshot via @donut_enforcement) Nothing like a couple of current events prying into your video game. The saga of a container ship that has been stuck in the Suez … Read more
MANSHIYET RUGOLA, Egypt – The gigantic container ship that blocked world trade by getting stuck in the Suez Canal has been enthroning Umm Gaafar’s dusty brick house for five days, humming its deep mechanical hum. She looked up from her place on the bumpy dirt road and wondered what the ship, the Ever Given, could … Read more
CAIRO – As tugs against the weight of the mammoth ship and dredgers worked on sand and mud, a salvage company working on the operation warned Thursday that the release of the container ship blocking traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal would take days or even weeks could last. Dozens of ships loaded with oil and … Read more