Dissecting container ships

In "Dissecting container ships", the historic origin of containerization is followed all the way back to the 18th century, covering the switch from sailing ships to steam vessels, towards mechanization of shipping, pushed by industrial production.

Container shipping effectively moves 90% of all the manufactured goods on the globe today, namely functioning as a backbone of modern civilization. Knowing the basic idea behind containerization allows you to find your own point of intervention on solid ground.

Contrary to the image of being the most optimized form of deep-sea cargo transport as marketed by container liners, there are, in fact, flaws in ever-increasing size of so-called mega-ships. Seeking economies of scale certainly has a limit, sooner or later, a drastic change must occur.