From Brad Plummer at Vox, “This is an incredible visualization of the world’s shipping routes“: About 11 billion tons of stuff gets carried around the world every year by large ships.

This interactive map, created by Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute, shows the movement of the world’s commercial shipping fleet in 2012 based on 250 million individual data points. You can see routes ...

WATCH: Shipping Around The World In 1:40. February 21, 2015 3:09 PM ET. By . Scott Neuman ... The video shows satellite tracking of routes superimposed over Google Earth.

Navigating a colossal ship is no mean feat under any conditions, but certain routes, like the sandstorm-prone, narrow Suez Canal -- infamously blocked by a container ship last year -- ...

As shipping routes shift in response to new trade patterns, climate change, ... Around the world, scientists and engineers are working on creative solutions to make shipping quieter.

Each year, more than 11 billion tons of stuff gets carried around the world by large ships. Clothes, flat-screen TVs, grain, cars, oil — transporting these goods from port to port is what makes ...

Here’s why some cruise ship routes, like the sandstorm-prone, narrow Suez Canal, or the windy, glacier-lined waters surrounding Alaska, are particularly difficult for cruise ship captains to ...

Here’s why some cruise ship routes, like the sandstorm-prone, narrow Suez Canal, or the windy, glacier-lined waters surrounding Alaska, are particularly difficult for cruise ship captains to ...