FlowingData - Welcome Kim Rees

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: Welcome Kim Rees Global shipping network Welcome Kim Rees May 15, 2012 02:16 am  •  Permalink I'm going to be away for a couple of weeks, with little to no Internet access most of the time, so I've asked Kim Rees to step in while I'm gone. She's the co-founder of Periscopic, one of my favorite information visualization firms, and she was the technical editor for Visualize This. You're in good hands. You can follow her at @krees. Be good, and see you all when I get back. She's all yours, Kim. Global shipping network May 14, 2012 11:55 am  •  Permalink Nicolas Rapp dives into the patterns and growth of worldwide shipping in a six-page spread for Fortune Magazine. Nearly 90% of all goods traded across borders travel, in part, by sea. Typically a ship will undertake six voyages a year. The fastest-growing routes are between ports in Asia, while goods moving out of that continent account for 43% of all maritime trade, according to IHS Global, an economic forecasting firm. Today the most heavily trafficked sea route is between China and the West Coast of the U.S. The total value of goods that travel from China to the U.S. is four times that of those on the return trip—a clear symbol of America's trade deficit. Despite a gap of a few centuries, the routes today still look a lot like the ones from the 18th century. More to read: Sponsor: Dark Sky Automated infographics with easel.ly A Future Without Key Social and Economic Statistics for the Country TV anachronisms Stop motion music video  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences