Shipping the World - Season 1 - Eps 2: Moving Mountains
We explore the incredible record-breaking ships built to move massive volumes of cargo and the history of invention and engineering that defined the industry. In the early years of the 20th century, ocean vessels became a site of competition between nations. Who could build the biggest and fastest ships. It was in this race that early record-breakers were built. Ships like the Lusitania, the Olympic and the Titanic.
About Shipping the World
Title: Shipping the World
First Air Date: 2019-11-19
Last Air Date: 2019-12-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: Unknown
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: WildBear Entertainment
Synopsis
International trade has been ferried around the world via boat for centuries. If the business of shipping stopped tomorrow, half the world would starve, and the other half would freeze. A testament of humanity's will to tame the elements and expand our reach; shipping has pioneered new technologies, revolutionized the global economy and reshaped the world as we know it.
Cast
Don Battee
Narrator (voice)
