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It has more to do with standardized handling and not breaking bulk than with volume. Vessel size has grown, but only slowly. If you look at how shipping was d
by octoberfranklin 6y ago
It has more to do with standardized handling and not breaking bulk than with volume. Vessel size has grown, but only slowly. If you look at how shipping was done back when longshoremen broke bulk it was a stupendous amount of work.
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoI was in school as a merchant marine officer. I remember my Cargo Operations instructor telling us that "back in the day" when they went into Singapore or other port in that region on a break-bulk ship, they would expect to be in port for 2-3 weeks, and go out and see the sights (read: hookers and bars). "But with containers, these days we're lucky if we are in port for more than 12 hours before we're unloaded and back out to sea."