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Speculation and Shipping in the South China Sea

Elementum

The historic line still claimed by Beijing—despite contrary findings—referred to rather accurately when drawn out on a map as “the cow’s tongue,” covers the Paracel Islands, the Scarborough Shoal, the Spratlys, and sidles right up to several Southeast Asian countries’ borders: namely, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). The majority of the transported cargo is made up of containers, grains, and petroleum. meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5 meters in 2001. More than 1.14 The area has 2.5

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Customers of maritime shipping firms not only want to protect their goods they also want to avoid higher insurance and additional shipping surcharges for cargo transiting the Red Sea. ”[7] Those contingency plans include avoiding the Red Sea and Suez Canal altogether.