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This is a '''timeline of water transport'''.
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This is a '''timeline of water transport''', focusing on the evolution of watercraft.
  
 
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| 20th  century || The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratton |first1=Michael |last2=Trinder |first2=Barrie Stuart |title=Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fD4BB05zviYC&pg=PA151&dq=%22in+1951%22++container+ships&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGs43-3OLbAhXGjpAKHQfdCrAQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%20container%20ships&f=false}}</ref>
 
| 20th  century || The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratton |first1=Michael |last2=Trinder |first2=Barrie Stuart |title=Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fD4BB05zviYC&pg=PA151&dq=%22in+1951%22++container+ships&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGs43-3OLbAhXGjpAKHQfdCrAQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%20container%20ships&f=false}}</ref>
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| 21th century || There are more than 6,000 container vessels currently in service.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container"/>
 
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| 4500 BC || || {{w|Mesopotamia}}ns add {{w|sail}}s to their boats.<ref name="God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God"/> || {{w|Irak}}
 
| 4500 BC || || {{w|Mesopotamia}}ns add {{w|sail}}s to their boats.<ref name="God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God"/> || {{w|Irak}}
 
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| 3500 || || Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas. ||
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| 3500 BC || || Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.<ref name="God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God"/> ||
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| 2000 BC? || || The {{w|Canal of the Pharaohs}} is built in Egypt.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burchell |first1=S. C. |title=The Suez Canal |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=I9dKDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT16&dq=6th+century+BC+The+%22Canal+of+the+Pharaohs%22+is+built+in+Egypt.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYkdOz_OLbAhVJPJAKHe9ZDEMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=6th%20century%20BC%20The%20%22Canal%20of%20the%20Pharaohs%22%20is%20built%20in%20Egypt.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Egypt}}
 
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| 1575 BC – 1520 BC || || {{w|Dover Bronze Age Boat}}, the oldest known plank vessel, is built. ||
 
| 1575 BC – 1520 BC || || {{w|Dover Bronze Age Boat}}, the oldest known plank vessel, is built. ||
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| 6th century BC || || The {{w|Canal of the Pharaohs}} is built in Egypt. || {{w|Egypt}}
 
 
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| 542 BC || || First written record of a {{w|trireme}}. ||
 
| 542 BC || || First written record of a {{w|trireme}}. ||
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| 1803 || || Scottish engineer {{w|William Symington}}'s {{w|Charlotte Dundas}}, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.<ref>{{cite book |title=Growing Up with Science |publisher=Marshall Cavendish Corporation |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=acomopX55gwC&pg=PA909&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lienhard |first1=John H. |title=How Invention Begins: Echoes of Old Voices in the Rise of New Machines |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GpGf2Io_jnMC&pg=PT114&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wolmar |first1=Christian |title=The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=f6XaTt4tmIkC&pg=PP27&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEISTAG#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref> ||
 
| 1803 || || Scottish engineer {{w|William Symington}}'s {{w|Charlotte Dundas}}, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.<ref>{{cite book |title=Growing Up with Science |publisher=Marshall Cavendish Corporation |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=acomopX55gwC&pg=PA909&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lienhard |first1=John H. |title=How Invention Begins: Echoes of Old Voices in the Rise of New Machines |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GpGf2Io_jnMC&pg=PT114&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wolmar |first1=Christian |title=The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=f6XaTt4tmIkC&pg=PP27&dq=%22in+1803%22+Charlotte+Dundas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8pPEseHbAhXLDZAKHbNRCYcQ6AEISTAG#v=onepage&q=%22in%201803%22%20Charlotte%20Dundas&f=false}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1804 || || "{{w|Oliver Evans}} (claimed to have) demonstrated a steam-powered {{w|amphibious vehicle}}." ||
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| 1804 || || American inventor {{w|Oliver Evans}} builds an early [[w:amphibious dredge boat|amphibious vehicle]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shallat |first1=Todd A. |title=Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=uB-1vd-ildgC&pg=PA149&dq=%22in+1804%22+%22Oliver+Evans%22+%22amphibious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE763czOPbAhVDFJAKHSyAAxwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201804%22%20%22Oliver%20Evans%22%20%22amphibious%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jefferson |first1=Thomas |title=The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=eX_A2Fk3-GwC&pg=PA109&dq=%22in+1804%22+%22Oliver+Evans%22+%22amphibious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE763czOPbAhVDFJAKHSyAAxwQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201804%22%20%22Oliver%20Evans%22%20%22amphibious%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=Daniel-Kinnear |last2=Colburn |first2=Zerah |title=Recent Practice in the Locomotive Engine ... Comprising the Latest English Improvements, and a Treatise on the Locomotive Engines of the United States |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=zYhNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA47&dq=%22in+1804%22+%22Oliver+Evans%22+%22amphibious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE763czOPbAhVDFJAKHSyAAxwQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=%22in%201804%22%20%22Oliver%20Evans%22%20%22amphibious%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1807 || || The passenger steamboat is invented in the United States. "{{w|Robert Fulton}}'s {{w|North River Steamboat}}, the world's first commercially successful steamboat, makes her maiden voyage." ||
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| 1807 || || American engineer {{w|Robert Fulton}} develops its {{w|North River Steamboat}}, the first commercially successful steamboat.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwarz |first1=George R |title=The Steamboat Phoenix and the Archaeology of Early Steam Navigation in North America |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=F79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28&dq=%22in+1807%22+%22steamboat%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4s_imzuPbAhXGIZAKHTaNBEkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20%22steamboat%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Arthur G. |title=The Hudson Through the Years |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=As5tyLSVC5wC&pg=PA44&dq=%22in+1807%22+%22steamboat%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4s_imzuPbAhXGIZAKHTaNBEkQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20%22steamboat%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=John D. |title=An Account of the Steamboat Controversy Between the Citizens of New York and New Jersey, from 1811 to 1824: Originating in the Asserted Claim of New York to the Exclusive Jurisdiction Over All the Waters Between the Two States |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=algrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=%22in+1807%22+%22steamboat%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4s_imzuPbAhXGIZAKHTaNBEkQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20%22steamboat%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1807 || || French inventor {{w|Nicéphore Niépce}} patents his {{w|Pyréolophore}}, the world's first internal combustion engine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hannavy |first1=John |title=Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography: A-I, index |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=PJ8DHBay4_EC&pg=PA1003&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Winterton |first1=Wayne |title=Stories from History’S Dust Bin, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=6IbqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT211&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Stefan |title=Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iZk5OOf7fVYC&pg=PA11&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
 
| 1807 || || French inventor {{w|Nicéphore Niépce}} patents his {{w|Pyréolophore}}, the world's first internal combustion engine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hannavy |first1=John |title=Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography: A-I, index |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=PJ8DHBay4_EC&pg=PA1003&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Winterton |first1=Wayne |title=Stories from History’S Dust Bin, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=6IbqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT211&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Stefan |title=Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iZk5OOf7fVYC&pg=PA11&dq=%22in+1807%22+Nic%C3%A9phore+Ni%C3%A9pce&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6qmStuHbAhVGEZAKHVp9DQwQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201807%22%20Nic%C3%A9phore%20Ni%C3%A9pce&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
 
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| 1819 || || " {{w|SS Savannah}}, the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power, arrives at Liverpool, England from Savannah, Georgia." ||
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| 1819 || || The {{w|SS Savannah}} makes the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship, from {{w|Savannah, Georgia}} to {{w|London}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McDonogh |first1=Gary W. |title=Black and Catholic in Savannah, Georgia |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ZAdb_5sW4HwC&pg=PA26&dq=%22in+1819%22+%22ss+savannah%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlpbV1uPbAhUIH5AKHbJqBxoQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201819%22%20%22ss%20savannah%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Blume |first1=Kenneth J. |title=Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=r_jTIbdFUnYC&pg=PA430&dq=%22in+1819%22+%22ss+savannah%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlpbV1uPbAhUIH5AKHbJqBxoQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201819%22%20%22ss%20savannah%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beney |first1=Peter |title=The Majesty of Savannah |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=G0vsqvhgKTUC&pg=PA17&dq=%22in+1819%22+%22ss+savannah%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlpbV1uPbAhUIH5AKHbJqBxoQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201819%22%20%22ss%20savannah%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}, {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1861 || || The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.<ref name="Historical Development of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transportation">{{cite web|title=Historical Development of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transportation|url=http://gammathetaupsilon.org/the-geographical-bulletin/2000s/volume43-2/article4.pdf|website=gammathetaupsilon.org|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> ||
 
| 1861 || || The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.<ref name="Historical Development of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transportation">{{cite web|title=Historical Development of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transportation|url=http://gammathetaupsilon.org/the-geographical-bulletin/2000s/volume43-2/article4.pdf|website=gammathetaupsilon.org|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1861 || || The {{w|USS Ice Boat (1861)}} launches as the first purpose-built {{w|icebreaker}}. ||
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| 1861 || || The {{w|USS Ice Boat (1861)}} launches as the first purpose-built {{w|icebreaker}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/86/86218.htm |website=navsource.org |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Phila. Ice Boat. Navy Yard. Washington DC May 23/61. |url=http://www.americancivilwarphotos.com/content/phila-ice-boat-navy-yard-washington-dc-may-2361 |website=americancivilwarphotos.com |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1864 || || {{w|Ictineo II}} becomes the first submarine powered by an {{w|internal-combustion engine}}. ||
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| 1864 || || {{w|Ictineo II}}, by Spanish engineer {{w|Narcís Monturiol}}, becomes the first submarine powered by an {{w|internal-combustion engine}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Verne |first1=Jules |title=Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=CUhXwKhnDl8C&pg=PT207&dq=%22in+1864%22+%22Ictineo+II%22+%22submarine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH0eeg8uLbAhWDEJAKHf4wB48Q6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201864%22%20%22Ictineo%20II%22%20%22submarine%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cairns |first1=Lynne |title=Secret Fleets: Fremantle's World War II Submarine Base |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fbfBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=%22in+1864%22+%22Ictineo+II%22+%22submarine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH0eeg8uLbAhWDEJAKHf4wB48Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201864%22%20%22Ictineo%20II%22%20%22submarine%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chaffin |first1=Tom |title=The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=pQcjlDMjXFoC&pg=PA55&dq=%22in+1864%22+%22Ictineo+II%22+%22submarine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH0eeg8uLbAhWDEJAKHf4wB48Q6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201864%22%20%22Ictineo%20II%22%20%22submarine%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Spain}}
 
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| 1869 || || The {{w|Suez Canal}} opens. || {{w|Egypt}}
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| 1869 || || The {{w|Suez Canal}} opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raugh |first1=Harold E. |title=The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA130&dq=%22in+1869%22+%22Suez+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9ks_QpePbAhVJFpAKHYDfCYcQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201869%22%20%22Suez%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=Maria G. |title=Port Management and Operations |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aHLOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&dq=%22in+1869%22+%22Suez+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9ks_QpePbAhVJFpAKHYDfCYcQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201869%22%20%22Suez%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Graf |first1=Arndt |last2=Huat |first2=Chua Beng |title=Port Cities in Asia and Europe |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=-dKPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%22in+1869%22+%22Suez+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9ks_QpePbAhVJFpAKHYDfCYcQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=%22in%201869%22%20%22Suez%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Egypt}}
 
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| 1895 || || The {{w|Kiel Canal}} opens. || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1893 || || The {{w|Corinth Canal}} opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Wire |first1=Elinor |last2=Reyes-Pergioudakis |first2=Dolores |title=The Lighthouses of Greece |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=5BzaS_uwQ4cC&pg=PA85&dq=%22in+1893%22+The+Corinth+Canal+opens.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjthfXfwOPbAhVPlpAKHX5YAO4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201893%22%20The%20Corinth%20Canal%20opens.&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=di Castri |first1=F. |last2=Hansen |first2=A.J. |last3=Debussche |first3=M |title=Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=A_XtCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA298&dq=%22in+1893%22+The+Corinth+Canal+opens.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjthfXfwOPbAhVPlpAKHX5YAO4Q6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201893%22%20The%20Corinth%20Canal%20opens.&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tan |first1=T. S. |title=Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=UpTwpiGrvZ4C&pg=PA1437&dq=%22in+1893%22+The+Corinth+Canal+opens.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjthfXfwOPbAhVPlpAKHX5YAO4Q6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201893%22%20The%20Corinth%20Canal%20opens.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Greece}}
 
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| 1893 || || The {{w|Corinth Canal}} opens. || {{w|Greece}}
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| 1895 || || The {{w|Kiel Canal}} opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yang |first1=Haijiang |title=Jurisdiction of the Coastal State over Foreign Merchant Ships in Internal Waters and the Territorial Sea |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=EYnfBYoa3x0C&pg=PA79&dq=%22in+1895%22+The+Kiel+Canal+opens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6nYmQwOPbAhVLgpAKHWZDAxQQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201895%22%20The%20Kiel%20Canal%20opens&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Aust |first1=Anthony |title=Handbook of International Law |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=74Zmct-7hGIC&pg=PA336&dq=%22in+1895%22+The+Kiel+Canal+opens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6nYmQwOPbAhVLgpAKHWZDAxQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201895%22%20The%20Kiel%20Canal%20opens&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Platzöder |first1=Renate |last2=Verlaan |first2=Philomène A. |title=The Baltic Sea: New Developments in National Policies and International Cooperation |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=AyIU6XIeDKwC&pg=PA135&dq=%22in+1895%22+The+Kiel+Canal+opens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6nYmQwOPbAhVLgpAKHWZDAxQQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201895%22%20The%20Kiel%20Canal%20opens&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}
 
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| 1897 || || The {{w|Turbinia}} is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine. ||
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| 1897 || || The {{w|Turbinia}} is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blume |first1=Kenneth J. |title=Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=r_jTIbdFUnYC&pg=PA304&dq=%22in+1897%22+The+Turbinia+is+launched.+It+is+the+first+vessel+to+be+powered+by+a+steam+turbine.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim5tf-wePbAhWDkpAKHUnvDCAQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201897%22%20The%20Turbinia%20is%20launched.%20It%20is%20the%20first%20vessel%20to%20be%20powered%20by%20a%20steam%20turbine.&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=David E. |title=Encyclopedia of Water |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=-_k5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1897%22+The+Turbinia+is+launched.+It+is+the+first+vessel+to+be+powered+by+a+steam+turbine.&dq=%22in+1897%22+The+Turbinia+is+launched.+It+is+the+first+vessel+to+be+powered+by+a+steam+turbine.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim5tf-wePbAhWDkpAKHUnvDCAQ6AEIQDAE}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=DK |title=1000 Inventions and Discoveries |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=IztIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA167&dq=%22in+1897%22+The+Turbinia+is+launched.+It+is+the+first+vessel+to+be+powered+by+a+steam+turbine.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim5tf-wePbAhWDkpAKHUnvDCAQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201897%22%20The%20Turbinia%20is%20launched.%20It%20is%20the%20first%20vessel%20to%20be%20powered%20by%20a%20steam%20turbine.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1911 || || Glenn Curtiss builds an early {{w|hydroplane}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=San Diego: a California City |publisher=San Diego Historical Society |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=KLpwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEIUjAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Flying Magazine May 1967 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ZpF3_9SawgQC&pg=PA57&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201911%22%20%22first%20hydroplane%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3mHSiteDJ20C&q=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEITjAI}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
| 1911 || || Glenn Curtiss builds an early {{w|hydroplane}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=San Diego: a California City |publisher=San Diego Historical Society |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=KLpwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEIUjAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Flying Magazine May 1967 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ZpF3_9SawgQC&pg=PA57&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201911%22%20%22first%20hydroplane%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3mHSiteDJ20C&q=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&dq=%22in+1911%22+%22first+hydroplane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8ufSuODbAhUBnZAKHShTBlkQ6AEITjAI}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1911 || || "{{w|Selandia}} launched, the first ocean-going, diesel engine-driven ship." ||
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| 1911 || || The {{w|MS Selandia}} becomes the first important ocean-going vessel to be diesel powered.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schobert |first1=Harold H. |title=Energy and Society: An Introduction |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=9aDcfXLuBmEC&pg=PA275&dq=%22in+1911%22+Selandia+launched,+the+first+ocean-going,+diesel+engine-driven+ship&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlmc7yvOPbAhXHiZAKHat_CZQQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201911%22%20Selandia%20launched%2C%20the%20first%20ocean-going%2C%20diesel%20engine-driven%20ship&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ville |first1=Simon |title=Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century: A Regional Approach |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=65BHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&dq=%22in+1911%22+Selandia+launched,+the+first+ocean-going,+diesel+engine-driven+ship&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlmc7yvOPbAhXHiZAKHat_CZQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201911%22%20Selandia%20launched%2C%20the%20first%20ocean-going%2C%20diesel%20engine-driven%20ship&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaplan |first1=Philip |title=Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=s5TwAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsqCbsuPbAhVBF5AKHRfPBfYQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201918%22%20%22%20HMS%20Furious%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Denmark}}
 
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| 1914 || || The {{w|Panama Canal}} opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aguirre |first1=Robert |title=The Panama Canal |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3u2wCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=the panama canal in transition |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fOCajLgpSDwC&pg=PA14&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=LOIZILLON |first1=GABRIEL J. |title=THE BUNAU-VARILLA BROTHERS AND THE PANAMA CANAL |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iKsRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Panama}}
 
| 1914 || || The {{w|Panama Canal}} opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aguirre |first1=Robert |title=The Panama Canal |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3u2wCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=the panama canal in transition |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fOCajLgpSDwC&pg=PA14&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=LOIZILLON |first1=GABRIEL J. |title=THE BUNAU-VARILLA BROTHERS AND THE PANAMA CANAL |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iKsRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=%22in+1914%22+%22Panama+Canal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaqKfJjOHbAhWGHZAKHRDaAQcQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=%22in%201914%22%20%22Panama%20Canal%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Panama}}
 
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| 1915 || || "The Luftkissengleitboot {{w|Hovercraft}}, the first hovering vehicle was created by Dagobert Müller. It could only travel on water." ||
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| 1915 || || Austrian naval officer {{w|Dagobert Müller von Thomamühl}} creates the first [[w:hovercraft|air cushion torpedo speedboat]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Müller (von) Thomamühl, Dagobert |url=https://austria-forum.org/af/Biographien/M%C3%BCller-Thomam%C3%BChl%2C_Dagobert |website=austria-forum.org |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Austria}}
 
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| 1918 || || The {{w|HMS Furious (47)}} becomes the first {{w|aircraft carrier}} used in warfare. ||
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| 1918 || || The {{w|HMS Furious (47)}} becomes the first {{w|aircraft carrier}} used in warfare.<ref>{{cite book |title=Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, Volume 49, Part 2 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=1Z0PAAAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&dq=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsqCbsuPbAhVBF5AKHRfPBfYQ6AEISzAG}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Norman |title=British carrier aviation: the evolution of the ships and their aircraft |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=71svAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&dq=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsqCbsuPbAhVBF5AKHRfPBfYQ6AEIWTAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaplan |first1=Philip |title=Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=s5TwAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22in+1918%22+%22+HMS+Furious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsqCbsuPbAhVBF5AKHRfPBfYQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201918%22%20%22%20HMS%20Furious%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1955 || || {{w|USS Nautilus (SSN-571)}} launches as the world's first [[w:Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered vessel]]. || {{w|United States}}
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| 1955 || || {{w|USS Nautilus (SSN-571)}} launches as the world's first [[w:Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered vessel]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castellano |first1=Robert N. |title=Alternative Energy Technologies: Opportunities and Markets |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=RUqXHr3WjOIC&pg=PA115&dq=%22in+1955%22+USS+Nautilus+(SSN-571)+launches+as+the+world%27s+first+nuclear-powered+vessel.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0j7eS1OPbAhUDjJAKHU7ADl4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201955%22%20USS%20Nautilus%20(SSN-571)%20launches%20as%20the%20world's%20first%20nuclear-powered%20vessel.&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Страутман |first1=Лидия |last2=Гумарова |first2=Шолпан |last3=Сабырбаева |first3=Назигуль |title=Introduction to the World of Physics. Методическое пособие по переводу научно-технических текстов |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aE48DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT146&dq=%22in+1955%22+USS+Nautilus+(SSN-571)+launches+as+the+world%27s+first+nuclear-powered+vessel.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0j7eS1OPbAhUDjJAKHU7ADl4Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201955%22%20USS%20Nautilus%20(SSN-571)%20launches%20as%20the%20world's%20first%20nuclear-powered%20vessel.&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Skaarup |first1=Harold A. |title=New England Warplanes: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Me1Ey5kgthgC&pg=PT74&dq=%22in+1955%22+USS+Nautilus+(SSN-571)+launches+as+the+world%27s+first+nuclear-powered+vessel.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0j7eS1OPbAhUDjJAKHU7ADl4Q6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201955%22%20USS%20Nautilus%20(SSN-571)%20launches%20as%20the%20world's%20first%20nuclear-powered%20vessel.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1957 || || {{w|Malcom McLean}}'s Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
| 1957 || || {{w|Malcom McLean}}'s Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1966 || || Sea-Land’s Fairland sails from the United States to the Netherlands with 236 containers on-board, in the first international container ship voyage.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container"/> || {{w|United States}}, {{w|Netherlands}}
 
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| 1966 || || Around 1% of countries have container ports.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container">{{cite web |title=A Complete History Of The Shipping Container |url=https://www.containerhomeplans.org/2015/03/a-complete-history-of-the-shipping-container/ |website=containerhomeplans.org |accessdate=20 June 2018}}</ref> ||  
 
| 1966 || || Around 1% of countries have container ports.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container">{{cite web |title=A Complete History Of The Shipping Container |url=https://www.containerhomeplans.org/2015/03/a-complete-history-of-the-shipping-container/ |website=containerhomeplans.org |accessdate=20 June 2018}}</ref> ||  
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| 1977 || || Soviet icebreaker [[w:Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]] makes the first surface voyage to the {{w|North Pole}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Valsson |first1=Trausti |title=How the World Will Change with Global Warming |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=BQj2ENDFXpsC&pg=PT65&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201977%22%20%22Arktika%22%20%22north%20pole%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nuttall |first1=Mark |title=Encyclopedia of the Arctic |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Swr9BTI_2FEC&pg=PA1136&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201977%22%20%22Arktika%22%20%22north%20pole%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Armstrong |first1=Terence E. |last2=Okhuizen |first2=Edwin |last3=Bulatov |first3=V. N. |last4=Nielsen |first4=Jens Petter |title=Historical and Current Uses of the Northern Sea Route: ] pt. 4. the administration of the northern sea route (1917-1991) |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=EoYRAAAAYAAJ&q=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIQjAF}}</ref> ||
 
| 1977 || || Soviet icebreaker [[w:Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]] makes the first surface voyage to the {{w|North Pole}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Valsson |first1=Trausti |title=How the World Will Change with Global Warming |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=BQj2ENDFXpsC&pg=PT65&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201977%22%20%22Arktika%22%20%22north%20pole%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nuttall |first1=Mark |title=Encyclopedia of the Arctic |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Swr9BTI_2FEC&pg=PA1136&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201977%22%20%22Arktika%22%20%22north%20pole%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Armstrong |first1=Terence E. |last2=Okhuizen |first2=Edwin |last3=Bulatov |first3=V. N. |last4=Nielsen |first4=Jens Petter |title=Historical and Current Uses of the Northern Sea Route: ] pt. 4. the administration of the northern sea route (1917-1991) |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=EoYRAAAAYAAJ&q=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&dq=%22in+1977%22+%22Arktika%22+%22north+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-le_2h-HbAhVCmJAKHQJ8AlcQ6AEIQjAF}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1994 || || The “Chunnel” opens, linking France and England with rail service and a tunnel for passenger cars.||
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| 1983 || || 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.<ref name="A Complete History Of The Shipping Container"/> ||
 
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| 2006 || || To meet increased demand for cruise ships, Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner ever. It has 18 decks and can carry 4,000 passengers. ||
 
| 2006 || || To meet increased demand for cruise ships, Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner ever. It has 18 decks and can carry 4,000 passengers. ||
 
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| 2009 || || delivery of Royal Caribbean’s “Project Genesis”, which will be 43% larger than any other cruise ship, weighing 220,000 tons and carrying 5,400 passengers.||
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| 2018 || || {{w|MS Symphony of the Seas}}, the world's largest cruise ship by {{w|gross tonnage}} at 228,021 GT, sets sail from {{w|Barcelona}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Symphony of the Seas: World's largest cruise ship sets sail |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/symphony-of-the-seas-world-largest-cruise-ship/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Spain}}
 
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Revision as of 19:13, 20 June 2018

This is a timeline of water transport, focusing on the evolution of watercraft.

Big picture

Time period Development summary
20th century The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.[1]
21th century There are more than 6,000 container vessels currently in service.[2]

Full timeline

Year Category Event Geographical location
45000 BC 4The first humans arrive in Australia, presumably by boats and land bridge. Australia
6000 BC Egyptians already travel in reed boats.[3] Egypt
4500 BC Mesopotamians add sails to their boats.[3] Irak
3500 BC Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.[3]
2000 BC? The Canal of the Pharaohs is built in Egypt.[4] Egypt
1575 BC – 1520 BC Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known plank vessel, is built.
542 BC First written record of a trireme.
247 BC The Lighthouse of Alexandria is completed. Egypt
214 BC The Lingqu Canal is built. China
c.200 AC Junks are developed in China. China
984 AC Pound locks are used in China.[5][6][7] China
c.1000 AC Leif Ericson reaches North America. This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
1088 Chinese polymath Shen Kuo first describes a magnetic compass in his Dream Pool Essays.[8][9][10] China
1620 Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel builds the world's first submarine.[11][12][13] Netherlands
1783 French engineer Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat.[14][15][16]
1787 American inventor John Fitch designs the first steamboat in the United States.[17][18][19] United States
1803 Scottish engineer William Symington's Charlotte Dundas, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.[20][21][22]
1804 American inventor Oliver Evans builds an early amphibious vehicle.[23][24][25] United States
1807 American engineer Robert Fulton develops its North River Steamboat, the first commercially successful steamboat.[26][27][28] United States
1807 French inventor Nicéphore Niépce patents his Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine.[29][30][31] France
1819 The SS Savannah makes the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship, from Savannah, Georgia to London.[32][33][34] United States, United Kingdom
1861 The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.[35]
1861 The USS Ice Boat (1861) launches as the first purpose-built icebreaker.[36][37] United States
1864 Ictineo II, by Spanish engineer Narcís Monturiol, becomes the first submarine powered by an internal-combustion engine.[38][39][40] Spain
1869 The Suez Canal opens.[41][42][43] Egypt
1893 The Corinth Canal opens.[44][45][46] Greece
1895 The Kiel Canal opens.[47][48][49] Germany
1897 The Turbinia is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.[50][51][52] United Kingdom
1911 Glenn Curtiss builds an early hydroplane.[53][54][55] United States
1911 The MS Selandia becomes the first important ocean-going vessel to be diesel powered.[56][57][58] Denmark
1914 The Panama Canal opens.[59][60][61] Panama
1915 Austrian naval officer Dagobert Müller von Thomamühl creates the first air cushion torpedo speedboat.[62] Austria
1918 The HMS Furious (47) becomes the first aircraft carrier used in warfare.[63][64][65] United Kingdom
1955 USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launches as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.[66][67][68] United States
1957 Malcom McLean's Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.[2] United States
1966 Sea-Land’s Fairland sails from the United States to the Netherlands with 236 containers on-board, in the first international container ship voyage.[2] United States, Netherlands
1966 Around 1% of countries have container ports.[2]
1977 Soviet icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole.[69][70][71]
1983 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.[2]
2006 To meet increased demand for cruise ships, Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner ever. It has 18 decks and can carry 4,000 passengers.
2009 delivery of Royal Caribbean’s “Project Genesis”, which will be 43% larger than any other cruise ship, weighing 220,000 tons and carrying 5,400 passengers.
2018 MS Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship by gross tonnage at 228,021 GT, sets sail from Barcelona.[72] Spain

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How the timeline was built

The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.

Funding information for this timeline is available.

What the timeline is still missing

Timeline of transportation technology page 625, [1], [2], [3], Maritime timeline

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See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Stratton, Michael; Trinder, Barrie Stuart. Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "A Complete History Of The Shipping Container". containerhomeplans.org. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 McFaul, Thomas R.; Brunsting, Al. God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God. 
  4. ↑ Burchell, S. C. The Suez Canal. 
  5. ↑ Temple, Robert K. G. China: Land of Discovery [and Invention]. 
  6. ↑ Menzies, Gavin. 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance. 
  7. ↑ Landry, Elaine; Dartford, Mark; Morris, Trevor. The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia: The New how it Works, Volume 11. 
  8. ↑ Stein, Stephen K. The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade [2 volumes]. 
  9. ↑ DK. Science Year by Year: A Visual History, From Stone Tools to Space Travel. 
  10. ↑ Whitehouse, David. Journey to the Centre of the Earth: The Remarkable Voyage of Scientific Discovery into the Heart of Our World. 
  11. ↑ Thornton, W.M. Submarine Insignia and Submarine Services of the World. 
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