I am posting this because I know only a little about shipping: My father's work was coordinating shipping of his company's product, and when I was in Liberia, I had to go out on a small vessel to evacuate patients from oil tankers etc. that had to go around Africa due to the closure of the Suez canal.
Monrovia had an artificial harbor built by the USA but it was too small to accomadate large vessels.
But my knowledge of shipping is obviously over 40 years old, and one of the reason I am posting about this is to update my knowledge which predates the the container ship revolution...
this article says that container ships began in the 1960s but didn't hit smaller countries until the late 1970s due to the cost of the sophisticated equipment and rail lines to move the merchandise.
many experts consider container shipping one of the key transport revolutions of the 20th century. The use of standardized containers saves tremendous costs, as the goods are packed only once and can be transported over long distances using various modes of transport – truck, rail, or ship. Time-consuming unpacking and repacking are no longer required...
so here is a video on how they organize putting containers on a ship:
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a discussion on the maritime trade is discussed here:
the Maritime History podcast hasn't posted for awhile but the older podcasts are quite interesting for anyone interested in deep history.
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