MSC Becomes World’s Largest Shipping Line By Surpassing Maersk
2022, 01 10

MSC Becomes World’s Largest Shipping Line By Surpassing Maersk

http://www.westshiphk.com/2019/wp-content/uploads/WeChat_20220110201959.mp4 anish shipping giant Maersk floated atop maritime movers in container capacity for decades. But today, it is has been surpassed by MSC, as the world’s largest shipping line.   While Maersk ceded pole position to Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping, the two share a tight bond — even though in 2020 Mediterranean poached Soren Toft, its CEO, from Maersk. The two...

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Pineapple cake
2022, 01 07

Pineapple cake

  Pineapple cake (Chinese: 鳳梨酥; pinyin: fènɡ lí sū; Taiwanese Hokkien: 王梨酥 ông-lâi-so͘) is a sweet traditional Taiwanese pastry containing butter, flour, egg, sugar, and pineapple jam or slices. History Pineapple became a critical component of Taiwan’s economy during the Japanese era, during which Japanese industrialists imported a wide variety of pineapple cultivars and established numerous processing plants. By the late 1930s,...

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Gua bao
2022, 01 06

Gua bao

  Gua bao (Chinese: 割包 or 刈包; pinyin: guàbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-pau; lit. ‘cut bread’) It consists of a slice of stewed meat and condiments sandwiched between flat steamed bread known as lotus leaf bread. The lotus leaf bun is typically 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in) in size, semi-circular and flat in form, with a horizontal fold that, when opened, gives the appearance that it has been sliced. The traditional filling for gua...

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4 Decades Old Shipwreck In Saudi Arabia Converted Into A Tourist Attraction
2022, 01 05

4 Decades Old Shipwreck In Saudi Arabia Converted Into A Tourist Attraction

The Greek Cargo vessel named Georgios G. is now a tourist attraction for visitors and locals in Tabuk that lies northwest of Saudi Arabia. The 40-year-old ship, which was constructed in the UK measures 71.6 meters in length, 11 meters in width, and 4.9 meters in height. It had started sailing in 1978 from one of the Greek ports situated toward the Aqaba port.     While sailing on international waters, the vessel deviated from its...

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Oyster omelette
2022, 01 04

Oyster omelette

The oyster omelette, as known as o-a-tsian (Chinese: 蚵仔煎; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô-á-chian), o-chien (Chinese: 蚵煎; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô-chian) or orh luak (simplified Chinese: 蚝烙; traditional Chinese: 蠔烙; Peng’im: o5 luah4) is a dish of Hokkien and Teochew origin that is renowned for its savory flavor in its native Chaoshan and Minnan region, along with Taiwan and many parts of Southeast Asia such as the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and...

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