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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