How times changein 1955 British Ports handled 20% of the World’s shipping trade (19,014,000 tons), with Japan way behind at 3,578,000 tons (3%). But 45 years later the figures had flipped: Japan was handling 13% of the world’s shipping (70,608,752 tons), and Britain had slumped to 3% (at 15,539,475 tons: lower, even in absolute terms, ...
