The humble shipping container deserves its place in the list of inventions that changed the modern world. Its outsize role in enabling global trade is underlined by the chaos caused by a current shortage. Pandemic-induced disruption has affected the speed and efficiency of seaborne traffic. The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe has more than quadrupled in the past eight weeks.
在改變了現代世界的發明中，不起眼的集裝箱應占有一席之地。當前集裝箱短缺所引發的混亂，突顯了集裝箱在促進全球貿易方面的巨大作用。新冠大流行造成的擾亂影響了海上運輸的速度和效率。過去8周，從中國向歐洲運輸貨物的成本上升了三倍多。
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