📉 Huge global slump :"For the first time in known history, not 1 cargo ship is in transit between Europe & North America." (New Indian Exp )
— Vinayak Chatterjee (@Infra_VinayakCh) January 16, 2016
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📉 Huge global slump :"For the first time in known history, not 1 cargo ship is in transit between Europe & North America." (New Indian Exp )
— Vinayak Chatterjee (@Infra_VinayakCh) January 16, 2016
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Please dont spread panic and do some amount of due diligence before posting this. Sorry you are doing a great job with this blog but please lets not take any tweet at face value.
http://www.snopes.com/cargo-ships-atlantic-map/
Raoji,
The story is false. It is based on an incorrect analysis of a map on Marinetraffic.com
Quote from Marinetraffic.com FAQ
“The MarineTraffic system does not cover all the seas of the world, but only specific coastal areas where a land-based AIS receiver is installed. Vessels appearing on the live map are equipped with an operational AIS transponder and they sail within the reception range of an AIS receiver installed on the land.”
Since the map only showed vessels near the shore, the interpretation that no ships are sailing in the atlantic is false.