April 25, 2006

Another unforeseen consequence

Sir, I do not know whether Marc Levinson included it in his book as one of the “unforeseen consequences” of the container revolution in shipping, April 25, but as this must have reduced quite considerably the time ships stays in port to unload, it must also have impacted negatively that long honored sailor tradition of a girl-in-each-port, which is sad.

Sent to FT, April 25, 2006