There's a ship designed to split itself in half and dump its cargo into the ocean.It sounds ridiculous until you learn what it's carrying: sand.Not the desert sand covering vast parts of the planet. That sand is too smooth and rounded for construction. Concrete and infrastructure need sharp, angular grains that lock together under pressure.The problem is we've used so much of that sand that rivers can no longer keep up with global demand.So entire fleets now dredge sand from the seabed, transpor

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Hundreds of cargo ships and oil tankers are completely gridlocked off Bandar Abbas, stuck waiting for permission to cross the Strait of Hormuz.The maritime logjam is getting worse by the hour while U.S. Iran peace talks drag on.Backchannels completely stalled today over the mess in Lebanon.

Two explosions struck a cargo vessel in the Gulf about 40 nautical miles southeast of Iraq's Umm Qasr, one of which was caused by a drone strike, Iraqi officials said, with Iran later saying it was behind the attack https://t.co/2mRtwswqZx

The Panama-flagged cargo vessel MSC SARISKA V was damaged in an explosion in Iraqi waters after unloading its cargo at the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's Alsumaria News reports.