At long last, cargo ships run on electric currents. Here’s why it matters
Well, not quite. While mega-container ships are the workhorses of global trade, essential for connecting major ports such as Shanghai, Rotterdam, Long Beach and Singapore, they’re not for every harbour. Their sheer size excludes them from the thousands of smaller docks that still take container deliveries. Much of the work of the biggest freight hubs comes not from unloading metal boxes to roads and railways, but sorting them onto smaller feeder vessels for delivery to lesser ports.
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