Let us applaud the grand theatre of global commerce. Therein, nations barter their abundance for their scarcities, and the oceans serve as the stage for the unfolding drama of enterprise. The invisible scaffolding holding up the stage is the colossal vessels, slicing through waves with the precision of a surgeon's blade, ferrying over ninety per cent of the world's trade. These unheralded yet indispensable moving bridges have made distant markets as accessible as neighbouring villages.