Shipping companies look to alternative routes
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Russia is highlighting the viability of its Northern Sea Route (NSR) following the six-day blockage of the Suez Canal by a stranded container ship. The NSR trims 4,000 nautical miles off the route via Suez
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PANAMA CANAL
13,411 nautical miles
34 days 22 hours*
Cargo volume 2020 (tonnes)
474m tonnes


SUEZ CANAL
10,525 nm
27 days 10 hours
1.17 billion tonnes – 12% of world trade


NSR
Claimed 6,500 nm
Approx 17 days 
*Travelling at 16 nm/h
33m tonnes

Receding sea ice enables year-round navigation

ARCTIC CIRCLE
Rotterdam
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Shanghai
Strait of Magellan
Cape of Good Hope
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2

MAGELLAN
17,184 nm
44 days 18 hours

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
13,843 nm
36 days 1 hour

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OTHER GLOBAL TRADE CHOKEPOINTS

1 Strait of Hormuz
167km long, 3km wide
Carries 25% of all seaborne-traded oil, 30% of world’s liquefied natural gas

2 Strait of Malacca
900km long, minimum 2.7km wide
40% of global trade,
80% of China’s crude oil imports 
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Sources: Suez Canal Authority, Panama Canal Authority, sea-distances.org © GRAPHIC NEWS