World Shipping Lanes Map

This is an incredible visualization of the worlds shipping routes by brad plumer at bradplumer updated mar 22 2017 958am edt share this story. The eight routes below give a glimpse into some of the busiest and most popular shipping lanes for ocean cargo vessels.

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World shipping lanes map. Search for popular ships globally. Natural and manmade water routes benefit international trade by providing quick sailing times and an easier cost effective way to move goods. There are about 500 liner shipping services providing regularly scheduled service usually weekly that enable goods to move between ports along the many trade routes of the world.

Or just the ship in a single colour a transparent background so you can overlay or print onto whatever background colour you like. Search the marinetraffic ships database of more than 550000 active and decommissioned vessels. Serving the trade routes.

Due to popular demand the designers of this map kiln are now selling stunning high resolution versions of the world routes viewthere are two versions available. Coloured by ship type over the inky blue base map. Todays visualization compiles 250 million data points representing the movement of the worlds commercial shipping fleet based on hourly data from 2012.

Stunning high res maps for print. A map of the worlds shipping lanes despite the speed that information travels these days tangible products still must be shipped. A map of the worlds shipping lanes despite the speed that information travels these days tangible products still must be shipped.

Marinetraffic live ships map. This map of global shipping density reveals the worlds major shipping lanes and also the areas of the world that the major shipping companies avoid. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world.

Find locations of ports and ships using the near real time ships map. How busy are the worlds shipping routes and where are the global chokepoints for commercial shipping. Major world shipping lanes.

This map shows the beautiful tangle that commercialized shipping routes make in our globalized world. View vessel details and ship photos. The reasons why some areas of the worlds seas and oceans dont see as much traffic as others can vary from geo political reasons to the dangers of piracy and local sailing conditions.

Eric Olason Graphic Artist Image Editor World Shipping Routes