Cool Video From Space Shows Global Free Trade In Action

SHIPPING TRAFFIC FROM SPACE

Realtime Movement Tracking Of EVERY Ship On Earth

This is an impressive visualization of just one week of global ship traffic across the seven seas. We’re talking tankers, cargo ships, tugboats, yachts, ferries, and cruise ships. The vessel movements were captured using terrestrial and space-borne AIS technology.

Just to be clear, this is not an endorsement of unfettered free trade that destroys U.S. manufacturing jobs while enriching multinational corporations and their shareholders.

This is an endorsement of cool videos from space.

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Meanwhile, the Rail Report for March is out and it's an absolute disaster. January and February were decent, but the March numbers fell off a cliff compared to a year ago. According to an industry source who is a reader of The Daily Bail, the slowdown is widespread throughout the rail industry with layoffs in every region of the country.

WITNESS THE MARCH 2016 NOSEDIVE

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHIPPING RELATED VIDEOS

HUGE SHIPS LAUNCHED FOR FIRST TIME

SHIP CRASH COMPILATION

Comments

[DailyBail]

Thanks Skin.

[rumplestilkskin]

Since when do satellites stop pause and change directions. At best this was a drone but looks more like all computer generated animation.

[Insidious]

That ship could hold a lot of illegal Mexicans.

[skinflint]

Hey Guys, check this stuff out. And this is just one report.
http://www.nwseaportalliance.com/stats-stories/cargo-stats
If you follow the bouncing ball, from 2011 to present, the shipping industry has taken a huge hit. They can say what they want about seasonally adjusted factory closures in the Orient, but math doesn't take a break.
http://www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/March2016_NWSACargoVolumes_0.pdf

[skinflint]

Christamighty. Truckers and coal miners taking a hair cut on pensions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/04/20/one-of-the-nations-largest-pension-funds-could-soon-cut-benefits-for-retirees/

[skinflint]

Boss videos on the ships DB.

[john]

Israeli company to sue spacex

http://www.ibtimes.com/spacex-falcon-9-explosion-fallout-israels-spacecom-says-it-may-seek-50m-compensation-2411483