04-15-2009, 04:34 PM
I'm wondering if Mori's idea wasn't such a bad one now that I see some numbers. 20,000 ships a year (through the Gulf of Aden) and less then 5% of them are US crewed. That's less then a 1000 ships per year. I was thinking the number of total ships (from all nations) would be 10 times higher then that.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/1...91560.html
Quote:The Gulf of Aden, which links the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, is the shortest route from Asia to Europe and one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, crossed by more than 20,000 ships each year.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/1...91560.html
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