The Box
Shipping container branded BBC News

News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Health
Science & Environment
Technology
Entertainment
Also in the news
-----------------
Video and Audio
-----------------
Programmes
Have Your Say
In Pictures
Country Profiles
Special Reports

Related BBC sites
Page last updated at 16:07 GMT, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:07 UK

Track the route of the Box

BBC News followed a shipping container for a year to tell stories of globalisation and the world economy - see the route of the BBC Box as it travelled the globe.


The Box

See full version of map including route taken by the Box so far


LATEST NEWS, FEATURES
The Box being trucked across land
Lessons learned as the Box returns
The Box returns after a year trotting around the globe to illustrate how globalisation is affecting all our lives.
The Box arrives in Japan Homeward bound
The plight of Brazilian migrants in Japan
Adam Mynott on board the Elly Maersk Sea giant
Life on board one of world's biggest container ships
The Box Brazil bound
Trade slows at S America's biggest container port
China from China Big Apple
Goods from The Box arrive in stores around New York
The BBC Box on a truck [Photo: Alastair Blackwood] Your pictures
Trains, trucks and boats - readers' images of the Box
The Box First voyage
The Box unloads Scotch whisky in Shanghai

BACKGROUND
Container converted to an office The bizarre uses for containers

box How containers transformed world
The Box See the Box get a double-quick paint job

Man in call centre Globalisation explained, with key facts and figures


PROJECT UPDATE
The Box project has ended after more than a year tracking the container around the globe.
The Box is now on its way to Africa where it will be turned into a soup kitchen
Have you seen the Box? You can send your pictures here or here
The Box's first voyage saw it carry a cargo of whisky from Scotland to China
Amongst overwhelming response , card model designer David Hathaway sent us this PDF so you can build your own Box:
BBC Box model plan [64KB]
The Box Background to the project
How a shipping container can tell the story of global trade

PIRACY CRISIS
Pirates attack second US vessel
Q&A: Somali piracy
From cutlass to AK-47
VIDEO REPORTS
School pupil Pirates and the high seas: The Box in schools

The Box arrives at Television Centre Declan Curry face to face with the Box

The Box Box's journey dogged by financial crisis

Pirate Catching modern-day pirates

BBC Box BBC Box ends year-long journey

Ship moored on Loch Striven On board ships moored during slump

Pupil BBC Box goes back to school

The Box arrives in Yokohama A 'faded' BBC Box arrives in Japan

The BBC Box The BBC Box arrives in Brazil

The Box BBC Box at Los Angeles port

Quentin Sommerville in Shanghai BBC Box arrives in Shanghai


Michal Husain at a port in Singapore Shipping ports face economic storm


BBC box BBC box leaves Greenock


Thanks for project planning help to Container Shipping Information Service

ELSEWHERE ON THE BBC

BBC Comedy
Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific