Supply Chains

There is plenty of work to come throughout 2024 on consumption and the geography of our stuff. I'm working through the unit again with my Year 8 groups this year.

Much of it arrives having been inside a shipping container, and travelled more miles than we might expect.

Poetic . This 1931 postcard titled 'Kiss of the Oceans' was created to celebrate the powerful creation of the Panama Canal. Panama is where 'two oceans kiss': it is the narrowest strip of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific. #geography #geographyteacher pic.twitter.com/MsWA7TT4CS

— Mr Das 🌎 (@shiv_teaching) December 13, 2023

Supply chains are also in the news because of the attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis. 

This has meant that many chips are now divering south around Africa, as shown on MarineTraffic.