The Port of Busan is located at the mouth of the Naktong River in South Korea and was established in 1876 as a small port with strict trading between Korea, China, and Japan. During the Korean War, North Korea did not invade some places that included Busan, which...

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The next one on our list of major container terminals is the Port of Hong Kong, located on the Kowloon Peninsula off the South China Sea in Hong Kong. This naturally occurring deep water port provides ideal conditions for berthing and the handling of all types of...

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The Port of Singapore is the busiest and the largest publicly owned port in the world after Shanghai International Port. Located on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula, the Port of Singapore offers connectivity to more than 600 ports in 123 countries. The Maritime...

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Shipping is the lifeline of civilization, as it plays a vital role in global trade and commerce. From pin to plane, in today’s fast-paced world, we can easily get things from one country to another, only because of the ever-growing maritime industry. But how and where...

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The last one on our list of dangerous shipping routes is the Gulf of Aden, widely known for piracy. The Gulf of Aden, which was also known as the Gulf of Berbera is a deep-water basin that forms a natural sea link between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. The Gulf of...

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The next one on our list of dangerous sea routes is the Drake passage, the deep, 600 miles (1,000 km) wide waterbody, located between South America’s Cape Horn, Chile, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the...

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