Suez Canal container ship accident is a worst-case scenario for global trade
IT'S estimated that 90% of the world’s trade is transported by sea. As consumers, we rarely give much thought to how the things we buy make their way across the planet and into our homes. That is, until an incident like the recent grounding of a huge container ship, the Ever Given, in the Suez Canal exposes the weaknesses in this global system. RORY HOPCRAFT, Industrial Researcher, University of Plymouth KEVIN JONES, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth KIMBERLY TAM, Lecturer in Cyber Security, University of Plymouth High winds have been blamed for the container ship…
