Shipping
Shipping moves goods and materials across oceans through a network of ports, vessels and trade routes. Explore how that system works, the chokepoints it depends on and the engineering and economic choices involved in changing its fuels and fleets.
11 films · Newest film first.

Ammonia Ships: Can Shipping Leave Oil Behind?
· 28 min

LNG: How Gas Became a Global Shipping Business
· 18 min

Why Shipping Lines Are Losing Billions on Full Ships
· 18 min

The Red Sea Crisis: Why Ships Stopped Taking the Shortcut
· 18 min

Cargo Ships Are Getting Sails Again: Does It Work?
· 18 min

Electric Ferries: How Do You Charge a Ship?
· 18 min

The Strait of Malacca: The World's Busiest Chokepoint
· 23 min

The Steel Box That Shrank the World
· 23 min

Who Builds the World's Ships, and Why It Matters
· 21 min

The Panama Canal Drought and World Trade
· 12 min

The Suez Canal: The Ditch That Moves the World
· 34 min