Olivier JACQ — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:29:01 +0800

The maritime sector: a global pillar that often goes unnoticed

The idea of this short article is not to draw an exhaustive picture of the maritime sector — the exercise would be far too long given how vast and fascinating the field is — but rather to recall a few orders of magnitude and key facts about an environment that is still too often overlooked.

On a global scale, the sea is omnipresent.
It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, and 95% of global communications pass through submarine cables.
From a commercial point of view, 90% of the goods traded worldwide are transported by sea.

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The maritime sector: a global pillar that often goes unnoticed