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From steel plates to sea trials: how modern shipyards design, cut, weld and assemble the giant vessels that carry world trade.Suez and Panama: How Two Canals Rewired the World Economy
Two artificial waterways shortened global trade by thousands of kilometers. The history and engineering of the Suez and Panama canals — and why they still matter.
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