Tracking the cargo ships of the world.

This map shows just how much of the worlds oceans are covered in trade routes. Notice also the major rivers in Russia & South America that are full of cargo ships. The Suez and Panama Canals and the route between the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic. Britain is almost obliterated by cargo ports and estuaries.

Marine traffic of Britain and Northern Europe all has to pass through the Straits of Dover. Like a busy road, vessels heading North East go in one lane and traffic heading South West go in the other lane… not to mention all the UK-Europe traffic that directs the main route.

A daily image of major cargo vessels in the English Channel

This map illustrates the routes of cargo ships as they enter and emerge from The Panama Canal

The shipping routes of the Suez Canal and S.E Mediterranean.

Typical cargo traffic around the United States and Canada

This map shows the vessels colour coded. Red are oil tankers, yellow are container ships and green are dry goods/

Plenty of oil tankers emanate from The Persian Gulf

Incredible view of the shipping routes from the Arabian Sea, past India and down towards the overcrowded and often dangerous route by Malaysia

China, the epicentre for container ship.

Colour ships of Planet Earth

Colour coded cargo vessels around the S.E. United Kingdom

Colour coded cargo ships of a random day around Europe

Fascinating routes of cargo ships around the U.K. Notice how to save time, fuel and better weather and sea conditions, a vast majority sail past Dover. Still quite a lot of oil tankers go from the oilfields around Scotland and plenty of traffic into western ports such as Liverpool and eastern ports such as Hull, Middlesborough and Newcastle.

Colour coded cargo ship traffic around the world

Major Ports of the world

Cargo traffic from the East coast of North America