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There are 40,000 freighters on the seas. Between them they carry nearly everything we eat, wear and work with. And yet this massive global industry has remained largely unexamined: it passes by out of sight for most of us and, through the 'flags of convenience' system, its dubious practices often slip under the radar of regulators. In this unique investigation, Rose George travels the high seas with their powerful naval fleets, pirate gangs, and illegal floating factories, and visits the ports and their land-bound dockworkers, tycoons, missionaries, stevedores, border control guards, and ship-spotters. She meets the beachcombers who track the 10,000 containers that are lost every year, the robots who are gradually replacing human crews, and the environmentalists campaigning against the tide of marine pollution. Intrepid, informed and tenacious, George steers a sure course through the murky, character-rich waters of international shipping.Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-139781846272639
eBay Product ID (ePID)168115576
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameDeep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Brings You 90% of Everything
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBusiness
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorRose George
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight422 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRose George
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- 05 Sep, 2019
Interesting, informative and well written
A most interesting and surprising book. It was a used book but looked like new, very good value. It is full of facts that one would otherwise never know.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Oct, 2016
the niity gritty of modern shipping
Really good insight into the world of 21 st Century shipping...after reading this, you will never ever want to go to sea!!!!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
