Air cargo the area surrounding the city and thus land access. As this access was closed, in the so-called Berlin blockade, an airlift remained the only option to get increasingly urgent deliveries of food, coal, and other supplies to West Berlin. Over 330 days to 12 May 1949 a total of 2.26 million tons of cargo were airlifted to Berlin, an average of 6,800 tons a day, 80% by the US and 20% by the UK. Although freight traffic developed modestly, reaching only 800,000 tonnes worldwide by the mid-1950s, the world economy was hitting its post-war stride. Germany and Japan were emerging
70000 Tons of Metal Tons Of Metal - Mit 70 Nationen durch die Karibik", Conny Schiffbauer, Rock Hard March, 2015, (German)<br> "70,000 Tons of Metal", Terrorizer #257, 2015, (English)<br> The sixth edition of 70000 Tons of Metal took place on February 4 – 8, 2016, sailing to Falmouth, Jamaica on board the Royal Caribbean MS Independence of the Seas. The event hosted 60 international artists each of whom played two concerts across 4 stages. 70000 Tons of Metal sold out for its sixth consecutive year with 3000 tickets available to the public. According to Piller in a press release, of these 3000 Sailors 72