The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: "WSJ reporter Jacob Passy boarded the Celebrity Xcel for its “shakedown cruise”—a final test run new cruise ships often go through before making their public debuts.⁠ ⁠ Producer: Jacob Ohara"

How This Tiny Tugboat Controls a Giant Cargo Ship! #shorts #ocean

$2.50 an hour. That’s how much the crew aboard Carnival Cruises are paid to run cruise ships up, down and around the Australian coast. This is some of the worst exploitation we have ever seen. Carnival has three Australian “home port” ships – to support this fleet, Carnival flies workers in from poor countries, picks them up from the airport and puts them to work on short-term contracts. Crew aboard these ships are often working 300 hours per month, being paid as little as AUD $2.50 an hour. Not

3.1M Commanders on Instagram: "Mario Salcedo, better known as “Super Mario,” has lived full-time aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ships for 25 years, calling the open sea home since 1997. Spending about $70,000 a year, he gets food, entertainment, internet, and nonstop travel—without rent or property taxes."

Terrifying on Instagram: "On the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 2013, the tugboat Jascon-4 was performing a routine anchor-handling operation for the Chevron oil company approximately 20 nautical miles off the coast of Escravos, Nigeria. During the maneuver, the 90-foot vessel was struck by a powerful, unexpected wave that caused it to capsize and sink rapidly to the seabed approximately 100 feet (30 meters) below. Of the 12 crew members on board, 29-year-old cook Harrison Okene was in the bathroom

Earth Of Spectral - Unleashing Earth’s Wrath on Instagram: "🚢☠️ The Most Expensive & Cursed Ship Collisions Ever Caught on Camera ⚠️🌊 These ships weren’t destroyed by storms alone. They were undone by seconds of mistakes. One wrong turn. One delayed signal. And millions vanish into the sea. 💥 Steel vs Steel: Giant vessels collide with unstoppable force ⚓ Navigation Errors: Blind spots, misjudged speed, fatal angles 🌊 Chain Reactions: One impact triggers chaos across the harbor 💸 Billion-Dol