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It's hard to get a sense of what the majority is from that, but it seems like there's a lot of ships that are hugging the shorelines and a lot that aren't.
by elihu 5y ago
It's hard to get a sense of what the majority is from that, but it seems like there's a lot of ships that are hugging the shorelines and a lot that aren't.
- moralestapia 5y agoHere you go, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport#/media/File:Shipping_routes_red_black.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport#/media/File... Hope that's clear enough.
- tlb 5y agoIt's not clear to me. If you're able to estimate the fraction of cargo shipped on short-haul coastal routes from that picture, can you share what number you arrived at and how?
- moralestapia 5y ago>Red means the route is busier https://www.statista.com/statistics/253988/estimated-containerized-cargo-flows-on-major-container-trade-routes/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/253988/estimated-contain... Transatlantic + transpacific routes account for ~60% of cargo shipped.
- Ekaros 5y agoTo me it looks like ships go either in straight shortest lines, some great circle or some known current. There appears to be lot of coast hugging, but there is actually very little stopping there.