ruffboijuliaburnsides:

rlyehtaxidermist:

person who will lose their job: the guy who had to try and steer a massive cargo ship with no power in a sandstorm

person who should lose their job: the guy who decided to build a cargo ship longer than the suez canal is wide without considering the obvious corner case (or more likely, the guy who dismissed the possible corner case as unlikely and the profits worth the risk)

yyyyyeeeeeeeep.

quixoticanarchy:

quixoticanarchy:

The strange curse of being a geography major and seeing commentary about “shipping” on this site only to realize it has nothing to do with containerization and the transformation of the global supply chain…

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW PLEASED I AM THAT WE’RE ALL NOW TALKING ABOUT CONTAINER SHIPS