Shipping the World(2019)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2019-11-19
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
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.
Keywords
engineeringtradefreightlogisticsinternational trade
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Season 1
Episodes: 4E01
A Twenty-Foot Revolution
Air Date: 2019-11-19
We discover how a steel box with a standard set of dimensions revolutionised global trade. It began in 1956, when a r...
E02
Moving Mountains
Air Date: 2019-11-26
We explore the incredible record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo and the history of invention a...
E03
High Seas and Fast Lanes
Air Date: 2019-12-03
We set a course for the most treacherous sea routes, the most ingenious man made canals, and the most extreme conditi...
E04
Mega Ports
Air Date: 2019-12-10
We take a closer look at the science and evolution of modern ports, built to service vessels that are growing in scal...
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