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Shipping the World

Shipping the World

Shipping the World

2019 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

A Twenty-Foot Revolution

We discover how a steel box with a standard set of dimensions revolutionised global trade. It began in 1956, when a refi

EP 2

Moving Mountains

We explore the incredible record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo and the history of invention and

EP 3

High Seas and Fast Lanes

We set a course for the most treacherous sea routes, the most ingenious man made canals, and the most extreme conditions

EP 4

Mega Ports

We take a closer look at the science and evolution of modern ports, built to service vessels that are growing in scale e

Popular Cast

Don Battee

Don Battee

Narrator (voice)