Mega Containers: Shipping The World
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50:00Mega Containers: Shipping The World
Getting a ship into port is a complex task that takes incredible experience and skill.
1:00:00The story of how American trucking magnate Malcolm McLean revolutionised global trade by coming up with the idea of a steel box with a standard set of dimensions. The cargo container.
1:10:00Canals and passages are created at a great human cost to reduce transit times, but if the passage is predictable, it increases vulnerability to piracy.
1:05:00The biggest ships in today's commercial fleet can take several hours to berth. These modern-day behemoths are navigated into shore by experienced local pilots and teams of tug boats.
1:00:00Canals and passages are created at a great human cost to reduce transit times, but if the passage is predictable, it increases vulnerability to piracy.
1:00:00Canals and passages are created at a great human cost to reduce transit times, but if the passage is predictable, it increases vulnerability to piracy.
1:05:00A look at the record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo, and the history of invention and engineering that defined the industry. In the early years of the 20th century, competition between nations to see who could build the biggest and fastest ships produced the Lusitania, the Olympic and the Titanic.
1:00:00A look at the record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo, and the history of invention and engineering that defined the industry. In the early years of the 20th century, competition between nations to see who could build the biggest and fastest ships produced the Lusitania, the Olympic and the Titanic.
1:00:00The story of how American trucking magnate Malcolm McLean revolutionised global trade by coming up with the idea of a steel box with a standard set of dimensions. The cargo container.