Timelines tagged “trade”
2 timelines
- Containerization
Containerized freight, from canal and railway cargo boxes of the 18th and 19th centuries through Malcom McLean's Ideal X voyage of 1956 and ISO container standards to 24,000-TEU ships, the Ever Given grounding of 2021 and the Red Sea diversions of 2023–2024.
- Tea
Tea from the Shennong legend and tomb finds of the 5th to 2nd centuries BCE through Lu Yu's "Classic of Tea", Japan's tea ceremony, the European and Russian tea trade, colonial plantations and the tea bag to bubble tea and a UNESCO listing in 2023.