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FACTS ABOUT THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

Added on: 18th Feb 2015

 

NO SERVICE

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Around two-thirds of ship crews in the world have no means of

communication while they are on the open sea. Only about

1 in 10 will have freely available Internet.

 

 

PIRATES

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In 2010, Somali pirates were holding 544 seafarers hostage. Every year,

more than 2,000 sailors die at sea, and an incredible two ships are

lost every day. In 2012, the attack rates on seafarers was higher than

the number of violent crimes in South Africa, the highest-crime

nation on Earth.

 

 

A LONG JOURNEY

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A container ship travels the equivalent of three-quarters of the way to

the moon and back in one year during its regular travel across the oceans.

 

 

EXPENSIVE SHIPS

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The largest ships can cost over 200 million dollars to build.

 

 

SEAFARER DEMOGRAPHICS

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Females constitute only about 2% of seafarers. People from the

Philippines make up more than a third of all crews worldwide,

with nearly a quarter million at sea.

 

 

A BOATLOAD OF BANANAS

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The largest ships can store 745 million bananas in nearly 15,000

containers. That’s about one for every person in Europe and

North America.

 

 

AN ANCIENT INDUSTRY

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Shipping is one of the oldest industries in the world. Today, however,

it plays as important a role as ever.

 

 

LOTS OF BOATS

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There are approximately 55,000 merchant ships carrying

cargo around the world.

 

 

LOTS OF SEAFARERS

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Around 1.5 million seafarers are employed by the

global shipping industry.

 


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