A Ghostly Armada denies Recessional Recovery

"The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year..."

Here, on a sleepy stretch of shoreline at the far end of Asia, is surely the biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history. Their numbers are equivalent to the entire British and American navies combined; their tonnage is far greater. Container ships, bulk
carriers, oil tankers - all should be steaming fully laden between China, Britain, Europe and the US, stocking camera shops, PC Worlds and Argos depots ahead of the retail pandemonium of 2009.

But their water has been stolen.
They are a powerful and tangible representation of the hurricanes that have been wrought by the global economic crisis..."

So reads this story by Simon Parry on the Mail Online. To check out the rest and see the supporting pics, just follow this link. This, of course, is not the sort of story that the government want you to read, nor the photographs that they want you to see, for they are trying to convince you that the world recession is almost over. Have a look at this and make up your own mind about it.