Container ships are the pack mules of global trade, and journalist Rose George's new book, Ninety Percent of Everything, examines how the steel boxes full of solids, liquids and gases get where they're going. One huge challenge, George says, is simply loading and unloading these giant ships, a task that calls on physics, chemistry -- and knowledge of pirate tactics.
By: Bryan Gardiner,
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via Wired.co.uk http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/11/how-to/load-a-container-ship
