QCI #105 - Global Shipping Lanes

Let's Talk Economics!

This one is short and sweet.

I came accross this online and found it worth sharing.

Courtesy of GREGinSD:

If you are reading this, this port and shipping route map will provide context for the current trade-route choke-point disputes.

This graphic also illustrates the world's largest ports by annual cargo volume.

Another observation is that a country's GDP is highly dependent on its ports.

A country that does not have ports cannot ship and so, although production comes before exportation and new ports are created due to supply-chain export infrastructure chokepoint demands.

Data Source: https://greginsd.wordpress.com/

Let's take a look at the present-day

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