Branch's Elements of Shipping

In an audacious investigation, Freightened will reveal the mechanics and perils of freight shipment; an all-but-visible industry that holds the key to our economy, our environment and the very model of our civilisation. Every day the seas are crossed by freighters many times larger than the Titanic, shipping tens of thousands of tons of cargo in containers. Who actually pays the hidden costs associated with the movement of goods? Who is responsible for the environmental disaster caused by frequent accidents, and who allows the exploitation of cheap labour?

90% of the goods we consume in the West are manufactured in far-off lands and brought to us by ship. The cargo shipping industry is a key player in the world economy and forms the basis of our very model of modern civilisation; without it, it would be impossible to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of our societies.