The boom in shipping trade
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Southampton
Pusan
Bergen
Gwangyang
Ulsan
Hamburg
Dalian
Rotterdam
Antwerp Yokahama
Le Havre Qinhuangdao
Marseille
Tianjin
Nagoya
Qingdao
Shanghai
Ningbo
Guangzhou Kaohsiung
Hongkong
Pacific
Ocean
Singapore
Indian
Ocean
Atlantic
Port
Ocean
Hedland
Richards
Bay
Gladstone
Dampier
Newcastle
US$ thousand million
2006
12 World Imports
Rest of the World 10
North America
8
“ [ The shipping industry ] now 2003 carries more than 90% of the world's trade by volume, and has
Asia
6
tripled its tonnage since 1970.”
4
1993
Europe
2
1983
1973
1963
0
1948 1953
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