sea-lanes
Ocean shipping paths
Sea-lanes are established routes across oceans regularly traveled by ships.
Like highways on water, they represent the most efficient or safest paths between ports, shaped by currents, winds, and geography.
The term appears most often in discussions of maritime trade and naval strategy: Pirates threatened the sea-lanes off Somalia.
Also spelled sea lanes or sealanes.
Guarded traveling group
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- pilotageShip navigation expertise
- right-of-wayLegal passage entitlement
- chokepointsNarrow passages restricting flow
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- containersObjects for holding things
- importObtain from overseas
export · tankers · commerce · customs · tariffs · globalization · supply-chain · mercantilism
Directional flows of movement
- tidesPeriodic sea-level changes
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- monsoonsSeasonal wind-driven rains
trade-winds · swells · fog · storms · doldrums
Maritime angular measurement device
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- radarRadio-wave object detection
sonar · waypoint · course · bearing · logbook · latitude · longitude · GPS
Narrow passages restricting flow
- blockadeSealing off a place
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
geopolitics · Suez · Panama · Hormuz · Gibraltar · Bosporus · anti-submarine · surveillance
convoy
Guarded traveling group
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- pilotageShip navigation expertise
- right-of-wayLegal passage entitlement
chokepoints · straits · passages · anchorage · fairway
cargo
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- containersObjects for holding things
import · export · tankers · commerce · customs · tariffs · globalization · supply-chain · mercantilism · entrepôt
currents
Directional flows of movement
sextant
Maritime angular measurement device
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
- buoyTethered nautical signal
radar · sonar · waypoint · course · bearing · logbook · latitude · longitude · GPS · heading
chokepoints
Narrow passages restricting flow
- blockadeSealing off a place
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
piracy · geopolitics · Suez · Panama · Hormuz · Gibraltar · Bosporus · anti-submarine · surveillance · defense
sea-lanesairways
Respiratory or flight paths
air routes · flight paths · overland routes · highways · roads
sea, lane, seas, lanes, seaward, seawards, seafarer, seagoing, seaside