Page 4 - Al-Rashed Newsletter Oct 19

SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING NEWS

COSCO cargo ship collided with Indian container ship, Pakistan
COSCO heavy lift ship DA XIN collided with berthed Indian container ship DIYALA
at Karachi Harbor while maneuvering to berth, at around 0140 UTC Oct 21.
Reportedly and according to track, DA XIN struck Berth 25, bounced off and allided
with DIYALA, moored at Berth 26. Pier was the one to suffer most, report says. No
information on ships damages, allegedly damages weren’t serious. Both ships
remain berthed at Karachi, as of morning Oct 22.Container ship DIYALA, IMO
9159646, dwt 24554, capacity 1735 TEU, built 1998, flag Tuvalu, manager ASP
SHIP MANAGEMENT INDIA PVT.Heavy lift DA XIN, IMO 9608427, dwt 29565, built
2014, flag China, manager COSCO SHIPPING SPECIALIZED.

The shipping container farm helping to feed a Dubai community
Old factories, warehouses and disused shipping containers have paved the way for
a global agricultural revolution that is reaping rewards in a Dubai neighbourhood. As
more and more indoor farms sprout up in cities across the world, including New
York and London, the UAE is firmly on the vertical farming bandwagon.The
Sustainable City in Dubai is the latest community to harness the production of fresh
leafy greens and herbs in an urban environment, including lettuce, arugula and
basil.Nestled among the residential neighbourhood, Beijing-based Alesca Life
Technologies set up a hydroponic shipping container farm in the area two months
ago. With only a small percentage of the UAE’s land considered arable due to its
harsh climate, more than 80 per cent of food available in the country is imported,
according to the Ministry of Economy.As the UAE’s vertical farming industry
continues to grow organically, this twenty first century approach to traditional
farming has the potential to bring this figure down.

Source: Maritime Bulletin, TheNational.ae