Question

How shipping today is different from the olden days?

Answer 1

Answer:

People of early old age used boats made up of bamboo and different parts of trees but now a day's people use iron and many hard materials to make ships

Answer 2

Modern time shipping is different from the olden days in the following manner:

• During historical times ships were of small size while they require large crew member for their proper functioning and navigation. On the contrary, modern ships are large equipped with modern technology and they require smaller crew for its functioning and navigation. Though during modern times, we have addition crew member that were not required in the past due to additional facilities.
• Many sea routes where unknown, people were not aware of most weather phenomenon's which always posed the risk to sea voyage in the olden days. Today with clear sea routes and sophisticated instruments to check weather changes, navigation has become relatively easier.
• Due to enormous size of the ships and enhanced technology, today it's possible to carry a greater number of people and larger quantity of goods in much less time. Due to the absence of such advantages in the past, it was difficult to carry large number of people and goods. Also, since most operations were manual, no arrangement to proper food storage and the other technological backdrop leading to further increase in time journey.
• Today it is possible to maintain proper cleanliness and hygiene on the ships, thus there are fewer outbreaks of diseases during voyage and also proper prevention methods are available. During older days, it was very difficult to maintain the proper cleanliness due to congested spaces and lack of resources. Infact, if disease outbreak prevention and curing also become difficult task, resulting in a greater number of deaths.