‘On the horizon’ photography project
Shipping is the lifeblood of the global economy, with cargo ships and freighters carrying 90% of international trade. The global infrastructure of mobilities and logistics goes largely unnoticed, but pauses in the chain make activity visible. This project documents ships queuing to gain entry to ports – temporary immobilites within a vast mobilities flow. Taken over two years, close to the post-industrial port of Wollongong on the East coast of Australia, moored ships are a constant feature on the ocean horizon. At any one time an average of four ships (and sometimes as many as eight) can be seen moored outside the harbour waiting for entry.