Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

The boom in shipping trade

Southampton

Pusan

Bergen

Gwangyang

Ulsan

Dalian

Hamburg

Rotterdam

Yokahama Nagoya

Antwerp

Qinhuangdao

Marseille Le Havre

Tianjin

Qingdao

Shanghai

Ningbo

Kaohsiung

Guangzhou

Hongkong

Pacific Ocean

Singapore

Indian Ocean

Port Hedland

Atlantic Ocean

Richards Bay

Gladstone

Dampier

Newcastle

12 US$ thousand million

2006

Rest of the World

World Imports

10

North America

“ [ The shipping industry ] now carries more than 90% of the world's trade by volume, and has tripled its tonnage since 1970.”

2003

8

Asia

6

1993

4

Europe

1983

2

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0

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