Building prosperity.
Connecting people and places.
Trade is a positive force for bringing people together.
It’s how we reach out and connect with new people, places and cultures.
It’s how we share goods, ideas, skills and technologies. Throughout human history, trade has opened our world and our minds.
At its best, trade is an accelerator for knowledge sharing, peace and prosperity.
Revolutionary ideas.
In the 1960’s two important inventions changed the world by modernizing how we transport products - the container and the roro vessel.
Before the container, products were shipped loose or packaged and bundled in ad-hoc ways. Crates, sacks and barrels had to be manually carried off the ship, and waste and damage was high.
Learn more about containers and what they carry in this infographic.
The invention of the roll-on-roll-off vessel in the 1930’s meant that vehicles could be driven into and be safely stowed inside what is essentially a giant floating parking garage. High and heavy machinery and other cargoes can be placed on rolling trailers and brought on-board.
Take a look inside a roro-vessel in this video tour.
Advancing economies.
Because of shipping, developing economies have been able to export their products across the world, creating jobs and improving living standards.
As prosperity increases, so will education levels, and countries can build up more advance industries rather than shipping out their raw materials, creating more qualified jobs and further advancing living standards.
International liner services.
Liner services by container and roro carriers allow us all to connect on a global scale and our communities to interact with various cultures around the world.
Read more about these services and the regions they reach.