WHERE
IS RANDOM?

Tracking the physical book from press to you

🇭🇰 HONG KONG
FLAG
Vessel
OOCL PIRAEUS
IMO Number
9908097
MMSI
477886300
Built
2023
Length
399 M
Beam
61 M
▶ LIVE POSITION

Origin

YANTIAN
Shenzhen, China — April 2026

Destination

UK / EU
Route via Strait of Malacca & Suez Canal

What is this?

Random: How to Thrive in an Unpredictable World is a book published as 120 unbound cards — designed to be shuffled, drawn at random, and read in no particular order. The reading experience is itself an encounter with randomness.

The physical cards were printed in China and are currently aboard the OOCL PIRAEUS, a 399-metre container ship, making their way to the UK. The map above shows the vessel's near-real-time position via AIS (Automatic Identification System) data. Updates may be sparse in open ocean; coverage improves near coastlines and ports.

Find out more at randomthebook.com.