Summary of Rose George's Ninety Percent of Everything

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#1 The ship will become an astonishing, remarkable thing: thousands of tons of thousands of types of cargo, floating on miles of water, traveling safely to the other side of the world. Kendal’s job is to travel to Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, and Rotterdam.

#2 The people of Kendal live and work in the accommodation house, a cream superstructure placed toward the rear of the ship. The quarters are spacious because they usually house visiting officers. The view out of the porthole is busy. Every port between Felixstowe and Singapore requires boxes to be loaded and others to be discharged.

#3 The Suez Canal is a gateway to plenty: beyond it, Kendal will begin to gather what the East has made for the West, and bring it home. This is the pendulum of the supply chain, and it swings with its own peculiar logic.

#4 Dinner is at six on B deck. The crew mess is homely, with a large cauldron of rice that is always full and a microwave with two settings: Instant Ramen for one and Instant Ramen for two.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543638

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Insights on Rose George's Ninety Percent of Everything

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The ship will become an astonishing, remarkable thing: thousands of tons of thousands of types of cargo, floating on miles of water, traveling safely to the other side of the world. Kendal’s job is to travel to Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, and Rotterdam.

#2

The people of Kendal live and work in the accommodation house, a cream superstructure placed toward the rear of the ship. The quarters are spacious because they usually house visiting officers. The view out of the porthole is busy. Every port between Felixstowe and Singapore requires boxes to be loaded and others to be discharged.

#3

The Suez Canal is a gateway to plenty: beyond it, Kendal will begin to gather what the East has made for the West, and bring it home. This is the pendulum of the supply chain, and it swings with its own peculiar logic.

#4

Dinner is at six on B deck. The crew mess is homely, with a large cauldron of rice that is always full and a microwave with two settings: Instant Ramen for one and Instant Ramen for two.

#5

The English Channel, a domestic sea, is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. It contains small boats, fishing trawlers, yachts, container vessels, bulk cargo freighters, and tankers.

#6

The crew of Kendal is made up of 20 men and one woman. They are all Filipino, and they speak good English. They are popular because they are cheap and speak good English.

#7

The crew members are all here for the money. They say this with no embarrassment or preamble. They call their job dollar for homesick.

#8

A seafarer joke: I travel the world but it all looks like my engine room.