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In 1818, the Black Ball line [a 4 packet ship consisting of The Amity, Courier, Pacific and James Monroe] offered the first regular passenger service with emphasis on passenger comfort, from England to the United States
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The SS Savannah was an American Hybrid Sailing ship that was built in 1818. It crossed the Atlantic from May to June 1819
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The cruise of the Augusta Victoria in the Mediterranean and the Near East from 22 January to 22 March 1891, with 241 passengers including Albert Ballin and wife.
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This is an award given to passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed. This award is given for the highest average speed [not passenger time]. 13 of the 25 were Cunarders [ Cunard Line is an American-British owned shipping company in England]
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During WW2, the earliest container shps were converted tankers. These operated in Denmark, between Seatle and Alaska. The first successful container ship was 'Ideal X'. On April 26, 1956, the first of these rebuilt container vessels, the Ideal X, left the Port Newark in New Jersey and a new revolution in modern shipping resulted.
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Since the 1970s, the size of shpis have just been too big to pass through the Panama Canal
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Piracy has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of the Somali Civil War [East Africa]
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In 2002, Hong Kong was the world's busiest container port with 19,144 thousand TEU (20ft equivalent units)
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Firms that operate the container ships that traverse the world's oceans saw a dramatic reduction in business during the global financial crisis. There were sharp drop in shipping prices + ports suffered large declines in arrivals
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In 2008, Singapore was the busiest container port with 29,918 thousand TEU (20ft equivalent units)
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In March '09, the number of ships sitting idle were around 450 as a result of the global financial crisis
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In 2009, the Berge Stahl carried 364768 tonnes of iron ore between Brazil and Rotterdam.
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the CMA CGM Marco Polo made its maiden call to Britain packed full of goods from the Far East that will be distributed across the UK.
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Predicted 200 ulta-large container vessels in operation
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In 2014, the Panama Canal is expected to be upgraded to allow bigger ships to pass through resulting in a major improvement in global shipping movement. This will provide ships with crucial intercontinental shortcut
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