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Default Shipping routes research
wrote:
Hi, I'm performing some research on shipping routes, and was wondering
if anyone could help? I was wondering what kind of routes, with
examples of lat,long coordinates a ship would follow it is was
following a "normal" route from Mobile, Al. to Liverpool?

With best wishes
Paul


There is no such thing as "Shipping Routes". Modern weather routing
for big ships mean that you'll find them all over the ocean as ships
avoid weather systems, or hitch on to ones with following winds.
Ships leaving from the same port 2 days apart will follow quite
different routes due to this reason.

Generally a great circle route is a good starting point.

Evan Gatehouse
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