Shipping the World
International trade has been ferried around the world via boat for centuries. If the business of shipping stopped tomorrow, half the world would starve, and the other half would freeze. A testament of humanity's will to tame the elements and expand our reach; shipping has pioneered new technologies, revolutionized the global economy and reshaped the world as we know it.
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We discover how a steel box with a standard set of dimensions revolutionised global trade. It began in 1956, when a refitted oil tanker carried nearly...
We explore the incredible record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo and the history of invention and engineering that defined the i...
We set a course for the most treacherous sea routes, the most ingenious man made canals, and the most extreme conditions ship crews will face. Shippin...
We take a closer look at the science and evolution of modern ports, built to service vessels that are growing in scale each year. Sea ports and their...
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