Globalisation and Containers

The main cause of Globalisation was the rise of the shipping container and the standardisation of it, so that all ports could use the same equipment and a ship could drop its cargo to any port.

Now that we live in a global consumerist world, there are many, many ships needed and you can see them using this very cool, very geeky tool.

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Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions:

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