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Merchant shipping is an irreplaceable activity on which the global economy depends. The shipping industry is not a given; it is a creation of man. People have been traveling for thousands of years, yet shipping began to be organized on a significant basis only after its transition from sail to steam, around the middle of the 19th century. Despite its importance, little is known about an industry whose activity concerns almost the entire world population. Its exact footprint in modern history has not been adequately recorded and analyzed. This is the core mission of NAVIRA: to highlight the true image of shipping.<\/p>\n

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