By Sam Whelan in Singapore (The Loadstar) - Typhoons and other adverse weather events are playing havoc with carrier schedules, presenting a “major challenge” to the industry as it aims to recover from the record low levels of schedule reliability. According to Jeremy Nixon, chief executive of Ocean Network Express (ONE), global warming has triggered more adverse and … [Read more...]
Wall Street Embraces Weather Risk in New Era of Storms, Drought
By Brian K. Sullivan, Alexandra Semenova and Eric Roston (Bloomberg) -- Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. Eilts, senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an unexpected cold front in Louisiana, nudged southward by a jet stream unsettled by global warming, can push … [Read more...]
Typhoon Lan Heads Out To Sea, Three Dead In Japan
by Elaine Lies (Reuters) A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people, but then headed out to sea after largely sparing the capital, Tokyo. Four people were reported killed, hundreds of plane flights canceled, and train services disrupted in the wake of … [Read more...]
AccuWeather: Fewer Atlantic Hurricanes in 2017, But Three Could be ‘Major’
April 5 (Reuters) - The upcoming Atlantic Ocean hurricane season could include at least three severe tempests, but will likely involve fewer storms than usual overall, private forecaster AccuWeather predicted on Wednesday. Meteorologists with AccuWeather are crediting a weather phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean - known as El Niño - with creating conditions that will result in a … [Read more...]
Watch: Gale Force Winds Rock Ship in Durban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BWvot2g7Gk Some incredible video showing a ship battling high winds as it approaches Durban, South Africa. The video was published recently to Youtube with no information attached. Looks like they are lucky they didn't end up on the beach. (Sorry, folks. Video is not embedding. (If you're using Safari you may need to watch here) Update: … [Read more...]