Check out this amazing interactive map of global shipping:

[L. Coyote]

https://www.shipmap.org/

[MineralMan]

1. Very cool map!

[underpants]

2. Amazing amount of activity

It's from 2012 but still very interesting

[2naSalit]

3. Food for Thought....nt

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Excellent - here's a good article follow up

http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/top-10-us-container-ports/
Inbound Logistics - I've had it saved for a few years. Each of the top 10 has the following data:

TRADE DATA
TRADE PARTNERS
IMPORTS
EXPORTS


What gets REALLY interesting? Really a lot of food for though? By region- who the top trade partners are.

Two east coast ports:

These are Elizabeth/Newark/NYC countries of origin (not the ship's flag)

◾China/Hong Kong
◾India
◾Germany
◾Italy
◾Netherlands
◾United Kingdom
◾Brazil
◾France
◾South Korea

Savannah GA port Trading Partners:
• China
• South Korea
• Japan
• Germany
• India
• Italy
• Turkey



Anyone who thinks that we are going to 'go it alone' is an idiot (I'm talking to you 45/140). The world is really really 'small'- it's downright tiny. And we are all very interdependent on each other.

We have so much focus from politicians re Asia and Southeast Asia - that we forget about the impact of old allies and trading partners who are just as dependent on us.

[L. Coyote]

5. Thanks.

[EllieBC]

6. Wow! That's really cool!

I love stuff like this. Thanks for sharing it!