Shipping is an international business, and crucial to Britain`s
fortunes. Explore the business of shipping and how shipping
companies developed. Learn about the businesses and services that a
port needs to support shipping.
Read stories of famous lines and learn how they developed to become
shipping greats. Discover the lines that used Southampton and the
ships they operated.
Sailors venturing across the Atlantic ocean had to face many
dangers. Learn what they were and how the steamship made regular
transatlantic crossings possible.
Have a look at some of the elements of preparing a liner for a voyage, the services and supplies and how the process has changed with the time spent in port shortened.
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