Rose George Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.”

“In Los Angeles, half of all smog from sulfur dioxide comes in from ships.”

“The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.”

“Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.”

“Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.”

“Half of the hospital beds in sub-Saharan Africa are filled with people suffering from what are generally known as water-related diseases.”

“Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken.”

“I feel special. Most women will have only one menopause, and they will hate it. I will have two, and when the second one comes, I will know what is coming. I am having my extra menopause as a cure. I have endometriosis.”

“Since the 1920s, when some U.S. cruise ships decided to fly a Panamanian flag to avoid Prohibition regulations, ships have commonly flown the flag of countries foreign to their owners. The benefits are obvious: lower taxes, laxer labor and safety laws.”

“I find Suez astonishing for the first hour. It is a ditch in a desert, but a stunning one. The sensation of being hemmed in by huge ships, moving at a stately pace through a man-made waterway, is extraordinary.”