Shipping the World
2019•TV-G•1 Seasons•4 Episodes•Ended
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.
Creator
Andrew Southwell
Origin
AU
Cast
Don Battee
Narrator (voice)
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