Content tagged with “transportation”

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Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, The Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes On Your Back, Gas In Your Car, and Food On Your Plate
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
November 6, 2022
Words
205

“I like the subjects of Rose George’s books. She writes about the background stuff that we don’t think about. This book is about the global shipping trade. She wrote another entire book about going to the bathroom . I think these subjects are interesting. But I don’t love how she writes about them….”

Shipping Lane
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
April 17, 2024
Words
386

“A ‘shipping lane’ or ‘sea lane’ is, in a generic sense, the common path ships take to get from Point A to Point B. Technically, a ship can take whatever path that the laws of nature allow, but clearly, if you’re cruising from Lisbon to Rio, there’s likely a pretty common route you take – the…”