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How a Single Container Ship Redesigned Global Trade Routes
In July 2026, the global shipping industry is still digesting the aftermath of the Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal five years ago. But this episode isn't about that accident — it's about how one obscure decision by a Danish shipping company in the 1970s to standardize container sizes quietly doubled global trade productivity. Lucas and Luna trace the lineage from that standard to today's mega-ships, port automation, and the hidden bottleneck that still costs the industry $15 billion a year. They discuss why the world's most productive trade route is not the Suez or…
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