Hi everyone welcome to the six and z podcast I am sonol and as part of our

occasional series where we or the authors read out loud written articles and audio

form which are released here in this feed every so often. You can actually find the first one way

back in episode number 544 where Mark Andresen read out loud it's time to build.

Today I'm reading out loud a piece on containerhips, supply chains, and much more, as it's

very top of mine right now in the news.

It's by Ryan Peterson, founder and CEO of Flexport and first appeared on future in June

this year.

You can find the full original with subheads and graphics,

which I don't actually include here for obvious reasons,

at future.com slash Beyond Ever Given.

You can also check out another related episode of the A6 and Z podcast from our archives,

number 311, on the golden era of productivity, retail, and supply chains with Mark Levinson, author of the popular book The Box, now available with

transcript at future.com. Thank you for listening and reading. I'll begin the

read out loud now.

Beyond the Meme, ever given supply chains and the physical world by Ryan Peterson.

The world watched when the container ship ever given blocked the Suez Canal this past

March.

Some people made websites, many people made memes, I made a children's book. It seemed almost comical. A patch of bad

weather drove the 1,312 foot long, 200,000 10 heavy container ship, a skew, wedging her into the narrow canal at an angle,

she was stuck. It may have delighted the internet, but it also costs the world time and money,

diverting up to 450 other vessels about 30% of the world's

...