Suez · Container shipping
The six days that stopped world trade
In March 2021 one ordinary container ship turned sideways in the Suez Canal, and showed exactly how thin the arteries of the world economy are.
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Records · Naval architecture
Why the biggest ships stopped growing
For fifty years ships doubled and doubled again. Then the curve went flat. The reasons are carved into canals, ports, and one graveyard of half-million-tonne tankers.
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