Episode 3: The Ships, The Tugs, and the Port

You know you’ve always wanted to ride in a tugboat as it pushes around a huge cargo ship, right? Well, that’s what we do in Episode 3. We go inside working life on the San Francisco Bay to see how brutal competition among shipping companies threatens the viability of the small businesses that ply the waters. Meet a tugboat dispatcher, a skipper, and the first female captain of an American freighter. It’s a case study in how globalization works and our first look at the challenges the port faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode 3: The Ships, The Tugs, and the Port is an episode from Containers by Fusion .

This episode is 31:00 long.

This episode was published on Mar 14, 2017.

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