Ninety Percent Of Everything Inside Shipping The Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes On Your Back Gas In Your Car And Food On Your Plate
by Rose George, Pearl Hewitt · first published 2013
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En las páginas webs de seguimiento de buques, las aguas son de color negro con puntos. Cada punto es un buque, cada buque está cargado de contenedores y cada contenedor está cargado de mercancías. En las economías postindustriales ya no producimos, pero compramos, por lo que debemos enviar. Sin envío no habría ropa, alimentos, papel, o combustible. Sin envío, el mundo que conocemos no funcionaría. Rose George se embarca desde Rotterdam a Singapur a bordo de buques gigantescos, patrulla el Océano Índico con un grupo de trabajo contra la piratería, se une a los capellanes marineros e investiga e
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I just finished Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George. It focuses more on the life at sea, working conditions, regulation, changes in the industry, pirates, ransoms, and other things. Broad scope, readable, interesting, unique, recommended.
on “The shipping network that keeps the world running” ↗Another great book is "Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate" by Rose George. It covers the wider world of international shipping but containers are obviously a key part of the story.
on “The Shipping Container Is a Blessing to All Humanity” ↗For a fascinating look into shipping and why all of this, especially for how the crew has been treated, read the book "Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate" by Rose George. Absolutely fascinating. Seafarers have almost no rights, which is mostly why they have been forced to stay on the boat and have their phones confiscated by the FBI.
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