Kim Peters - Ship to Shore: Exploring the Invisible Infrastructures of Maritime Merseyside.
5:30pm - 6:30pm /
Tuesday 15th August 2017
/ Venue: Proudman Lecture Theatre Mathematical Sciences Building
Type: Lecture /
Category: Department
- 01517950619
- Jamie Hughes
- Admission: Free to Liverpool University Staff and Students
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Today, 96% of trade reaches our shores by ship. Everything we own and use on a daily basis is intimately connected to vessel movements at sea. In Liverpool, with a long history of maritime activity and a new state-of-the-art port, shipping is part of the very fabric of the city. But how do things safely and securely reach port? Of course there are navigational charts, the expertise of captains and also the special role of pilots. Yet Liverpool also developed an innovative piece of 'infrastructure' at sea, a system that would guide ships to port from the deep sea. This lecture explores this overlooked, invisible infrastructure and the role it has played in Liverpool and worldwide in ensuring cargo moves from A-to-B, ship to shore.