In a new blog-post on FocaalBlog, Hege Høyer Leivestad (together with Johanna Markkula and Elisabeth Schober), explains why containerships have become too big and the consequences of this exceptional growth for infrastructure, the environment and people’s working conditions.
After Suez: Have the containerships grown too big?
During six days in March 2021, “Ever Given”, an ultra-large containership run by a Taiwanese shipping company and flagged in Panama, was stuck in the Suez Canal. The blockage caused major interruptions in global supply chains.
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April 6, 2021
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Source: Department of Social Anthropology