The Best Supply Chains & Shipping Documentaries

Money & Business - 54 free documentaries about supply chains & shipping.

Start with The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade (18 min, Bloomberg Originals), then Inside the Effort to Disrupt China’s Grip on EV Batteries (24 min, Bloomberg Originals). All 54 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on supply chains & shipping is The Box by Marc Levinson.

• The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade (18 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Inside the Effort to Disrupt China’s Grip on EV Batteries (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Outsourcing Jobs In India and Philippines Are Changing - And Workers Are Feeling It | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Is China’s High-Tech ‘Overproduction’ Killing Jobs In The West? | When Titans Clash (47 min, CNA Insider)
• The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap (19 min, Veritasium)
• How AI Is Pushing the Semiconductor Supply Chain to the Limit (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• The True Cost: Who Pays the Real Price for YOUR Clothes (51 min, ENDEVR)
• US-China Tariff War: What Will Southeast Asia's Manufacturers Stand To Lose? | When Titans Clash (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Amazon: Who pays the price? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Logistics of the Future (26 min, Free Documentary)
• What Really Happened at the Suez Canal? (12 min, Practical Engineering)
• Yangshan Deep Water Port: Why China's Ultimate Port Is 30km Out At Sea | Megastructures Episode 5 (51 min, Spark)
• The Dark Side of the $20 Billion Livestock Shipping Industry (20 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Why Ships Crash: Inside the Crash That Shut Down the Global Economy I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS (54 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• Europe's Biggest Port: The Port of Rotterdam | Giant Hubs | Episode 2 (48 min, Free Documentary)
• How New Shipping Tech Could Clean Up Global Trade | Momentum (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Behind The Scenes Of DHL Delivery | Logistics of the Future (25 min, Spark)
• The True Origin of Cotton | The Dirty Secret Behind 'Ethical' Cotton Labels (56 min, Moconomy)
• The True Cost Of Chocolate: Child Slaves Of Cocoa Farming (56 min, Real Stories)
• Hair: Why it's important and what it reveals about us (42 min, DW Documentary)
• MSC Oscar: On Board One Of The Biggest Container Ships In The World (46 min, Spark)
• Why Eclipses Have Been So Important To Human History | Eclipse Chasers (51 min, Spark)
• How pandemics, wars and disasters jeopardize global trade (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Island Life, Working At The Port: Stories From Singapore's South | Let Me Tell You A Story S2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Delivering Fresh Flowers And Fruits Through Air Cargo | Premium Rush: Inside Air Cargo Singapore (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Indonesia's Soaring Food Prices: Can Export Bans Ease Food Inflation? | Insight (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Superfood berries - Regional v. import (26 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Frozen Cargo Vessel: The Arctic's Lifeline (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside Australia's Largest Shipping Port | Big Australia (47 min, Spark)
• Is Earth's Most Important Ocean Current Doomed? (14 min, Be Smart)
• Inside An Air Cargo Hub: How Goods Flow Through Singapore | Premium Rush: Inside Air Cargo Singapore (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Changi Airport: The Cargo Super-Hub That Never Sleeps (47 min, Spark)
• How Freight Trains Connect the World (10 min, Wendover Productions)
• The Harsh Truth About Global Arms Trade | Lethal Cargo (45 min, ENDEVR)
• Why The Earth's Atmosphere Is So Important | Naked Science Season 5 Episode 3 (46 min, Spark)
• As Countries Ban Food Exports, Is A Global Food Crisis Unfolding? (21 min, CNA Insider)
• Chip War | Taiwan and the $500 Billion Supply Chain Gamble (51 min, Moconomy)
• The Most Important Satellite You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of (15 min, PBS Space Time)
• From China To Greenland: How The US Is Securing Rare Earth Supply Chains (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Illegal Global Trade - Guns, DRUGS, Refugees & More | Lethal Cargo (198 min, ENDEVR)
• World's Biggest Cargo Planes | Flying the Impossible (47 min, Free Documentary)
• The Race To Fix The World's Most Isolated Mega-Port (12 min, The B1M)
• How Toxic Waste Is Dumped Into The Ocean | Lethal Cargo (55 min, ENDEVR)
• The Most Important Planes Of The Last 125 Years (200 min, Spark)
• The MV Fairplayer Carries Some Of The Heaviest Cargo Ever Carried By A Ship (46 min, Spark)
• Emma Maersk: An Icon Of Martime Logistics (46 min, Spark)
• The White Oak Pine Shortage That Could Ruin the Bourbon Industry | Odd Lots (47 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• How Does An Ancient Port Compare To A Modern-Day Port? (48 min, Spark)
• Exporting People | Modern Slavery Exposed: North Korea’s Secret Workforce (59 min, Moconomy)
• Why Sound Is So Important To Us (42 min, Spark)
• The Antonov 124: Inside The World's Most Extreme Cargo Plane (46 min, Wonder)
• Golden Mountains (The Dispatchables 5/5) (42 min, VPRO Documentary)
• What Are The Most Important Science Images Ever? (8 min, Be Smart)
• Separate Worlds (The Dispatchables 4/5) (43 min, VPRO Documentary)

Top-Rated Books About Supply Chains & Shipping

1. The Box by Marc Levinson (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
2. Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George - View on Amazon
3. Chip War by Chris Miller (5/5) - View on Amazon