sea lanes
Ocean traffic corridors
Sea lanes are established routes across oceans regularly used by commercial shipping.
Like highways on water, they represent the paths vessels follow between major ports, often determined by winds, currents, geography, and international agreements.
Control of sea lanes has historically been a major concern of naval powers: The strait controls vital sea lanes for oil tankers.
- seawaysNavigable ocean routes
- chokepointsNarrow passages restricting flow
- choke pointConstricted passage limiting movement
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- waterwaysNavigable bodies for transport
Strait of Hormuz · navigation · maritime · corridors · trade routes · safe passage · channel · watercourse · fairway · nautical charts · routes · tankers · naval blockade · ports · fleet · freighters · merchant fleet · harbors
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- Age of ExplorationColumbus, Marco Polo, exploration, explorers, expeditions
- Atlantic OceanNorth Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf Stream, Bermuda Triangle, Azores
- Indian OceanBay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, coral reef
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant navy
- maritime tradecontainer ships, cargo ship, shipping routes, seaports, container ship
sea lanesoverland routes
Paths across terrain
highways · roads · air corridors · flight paths · railways
sea lanesnaval blockades
Military port closures
restricted zones · minefields · exclusion zones · territorial waters
sea, ocean, street, lane, marine, lanes, seaway, shipping lane, sea lane