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Ninety percent of everything : inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate /

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Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Rose, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, 2014.
Subjects:
Shipping > History.
Freight and freightage > History.
Ocean travel.
Piracy.
Transport de marchandises > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > History.
Transport maritime.
Fret.
Commerce international.
Freight and freightage.
Shipping.
History.
Description
Summary:Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.
Physical Description:287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.
ISBN:1250058295
9781250058294