A shipping container’s worldwide journey to be tracked as part of a new project
The global container and shipping industry is taking rapid strides. Taking note of its growth and significance, a new, ambitious project has been initiated for BBC News that will track a standard shipping container all around the world. The year-long project ‘Box’ will crisscross the world to tell the story of far-reaching international trade and globalisation in context of the role played by a shipping container in the same.
It is a unique project that plans to deliver informative content for TV, radio and online audiences. The idea is to tell the interesting stories related to the global economy.
The Editor of BBC business and economics centre, Jeremy Hillman, explains:
“We have painted and branded a special BBC container and bolted on a GPS transmitter so everybody can follow its progress all year round as it will crisscross the globe. It will hopefully reach the US, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia. When it does so, BBC correspondents will be there to report on who is producing (what) goods and who is consuming them.”
It is technically a very challenging project and the solid, sturdy shipping container is playing a major role in its success.
