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*Red denotes a successful attack. Yellow marks an attempt
This Google Maps mashup, brought to gCaptain’s attention by wired’s blog monkeybites, documents all known pirate attacks in and around the Strait of Malacca over the pass three years.

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This Youtube video, Maritime Terror, provided by Journeyman Pictures takes a look at Modern Piracy. Here is more information […]

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Ever wonder where American goods are going? Well here is a look at America’s Top 10 countries for U.S. Exports (2005)

Canada … US$211.9 billion (up 31.7% from 2002)
Mexico … $120.4 billion (up 23.5%)
Japan … $55.5 billion (up 7.8%)
China … $41.9 billion (up 89.6%)
United Kingdom …$38.6 billion (up 16.3%)
Germany … $34.2 billion (up 28.6%)
South Korea … […]

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.Telegeography.com is selling one of the most interesting world maps I’ve seen to date. The map depicts the over 120 subsea cables including detailed information on the major systems. You can get the free desktop wallpaper or purchase a poster version by clicking HERE.

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Reader Adam sent us this image of the latest marine casualties charted by type. Click on the HERE for the interactive image or HERE for other versions of this data.
Adam’s timing was perfect as MM&P posted this dismaying news on their weekly newsletter;
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has reported a dramatic increase in […]

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The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. We created this chart using IBM’s Many Eye’s project which we enjoy using since it gives us a clear, easy to understand and interactive picture of numeric data. Plus it looks pretty cool.
Want to know which company has the […]

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We recently ran across some interesting statistics from a 2005 joint study on manpower from BIMCO and the ISF.
Q: How many officers are currently employed aboard ships?
A: Approximately 466,000
Here’s a chart of the numbers;

Regarding this chart the study notes:
An updated estimate of global seafarer supply has been produced based on the most recent […]

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“The United States consumes more than 20,000,000 barrels of oil per day but has less than 2 percent of the world’s remaining oil”
This map, produced by BP’s Statistical Review division, shows countries based on known crude oil reserves. The larger the country, the more reserve capacity. The map also gives mariners working offshore an idea […]

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While this does not take into account size of respective fleets (click here for that information) the following graph shows the number of detentions recorded by Paris MOU with respect to Flag State.

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With the recent LNG News I decided to get to work on some maritime visualizations. Above is a bubble graph I created representing the number of ships registered to each flag state.

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This graph is even more interesting, it shows the number of ships registered to each country by […]

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U.S. Trade Balance, by Partner Country 2006
in descending order of trade turnover (imports plus exports)
 

Source: United States International Trading Commission

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