We might be landlubbers, but export fate still rests at sea

John Ellicott
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:45pm, first published January 5 2022 - 11:55am
World shipping was thrown into disarray by the grounding of just one ship, the Ever Given, in the Suez canal in March. It's wild out there still.
World shipping was thrown into disarray by the grounding of just one ship, the Ever Given, in the Suez canal in March. It's wild out there still.

IN the 17th Century, it was often no-holds-barred out on the high seas as both the English and Spanish plundered merchant ships for stores and riches - in their ships.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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