WHEN Jonathan Roberts, communications director of the UK Chamber of Shipping, lamented that "[t]he public and our politicians don't understand the importance of shipping to our trading economy," he was just echoing a prevailing sentiment among key players in the shipping industry.

Over 90 percent of the world's trade is carried by sea; most of the things we own have been brought by ships, and yet many of the world's policymakers seem to be unaware of this.

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