In Australia's live export trade, the animals' journey from the farm gate can sometimes start with a journey by truck of over 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles).

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is working to reshape supply chains through the internet of things.

At the COP23 climate conference in Bonn last month, Oslo-based environmental NGO Bellona held a forum on electrification of shipping. While most discussions at the summit centered on zero-emissions land transportation, Bellona held a discussion on what it would take to bring the shoreside electric revolution to the seas.

While the U.K. Shipping Register has included its first autonomous vessel, there are several gaps that need to be addressed before such technology becomes widespread and moves into the international domain.

The 519 miles of L.A.'s freeway system. Dodger Stadium. City Hall. All built with concrete filled with rock and sand washed down from Southern California's iconic mountain ranges.

The number of piracy incidents against ships in Asia last month increased compared to the same period in 2016.

Trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road reached a value of $786bn in the first three quarters of this year, up 15 percent on the same period last year.