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Here you go, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport#/media/File:Shipping_routes_red_black.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_transport#/media

• tlb 5y ago
  It'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 ago
    To 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.