
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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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...
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...
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...
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...