A unique project for BBC News, spanning over a year, will unravel the tale of international trade and globalisation. The project has been named ‘The Box’ from a fantastic publication of the same title by Marc Levinson that informs the story of how the humble, ubiquitous shipping container changed the whole face of world trade.

A team of experts have worked together to make this ambitious idea materialise.
The experiment has been made possible owing to the CSIS, a body that represents the container shipping industry worldwide. The representative body has helped with the entire planning, and also the project logistics.

Mentioning the journey of the Box, the editor of BBC business and economics centre, Jeremy Hillman, states, “From the start of the voyage in Southampton this exciting journey will be a real one. Whilst we are controlling some aspects of the process for pure logistical reasons, the story it will tell will be a truly representative one. It will paint a picture of what globalisation really means to us. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the Box does not fall overboard.”

One can only wonder what the cargo insurance value and shipping costs for “The Box” are. The project will give us a better perspective of what ties all countries and continents together.

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