Three Months, 19,687 Nautical Miles: This Lengthy Trade Route Is Peak Globalization
When the 800-foot carrier the Zhen Hua 29 sailed into the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, in October, it had completed one of the longest shipping runs in the world: three-and-a-half-months, 19,687 nautical miles across three oceans.
The Zhen Hua 29 sailed out of Shanghai in June carrying five enormous ship-to-shore cranes bound for seaports in the U.S. Gulf Coast and Jamaica. The ship's journey epitomizes a moment of peak globalization that could be coming to an end.
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