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Shipping is very busy around Hong Kong, the mainland of South-East China and around Taiwan. Some of the most important TSS schemes in this area: East Lamma Channel off Lamma Island, Hong Kong; Tathong Channel, Hong Kong; Cheung Chau North and West (SAR Hong Kong) Dangan Shuida and Lan Tau channel (SAR Hong Kong) Qingzhou, (China).
Map of the Arctic region showing the Northern Sea Route, in the context of the Northeast Passage, and Northwest Passage [1]. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, romanized: Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a shipping route about 5,600 kilometres (3,500 mi) long.
Silk Road trading routes during the 1st century AD. Commercial traffic between Europe and Asia took place along the Silk Road from at least the 2nd millennium BC.The Silk Road was not a specific thoroughfare, but a general route used by traders to travel, much of it by land, between the two continents along the Eurasian Steppes through Central Asia.
It is economically important, as many shipping lanes pass through the strait, and both Japan and South Korea allow free passage through it. In ancient times, both Buddhism and Mongol invaders passed over the strait to reach Japan. More recently, it was the site of the 1950 Battle of Korea Strait during the Korean War.
They had a large army and occupied Northern Manchuria, which was of some concern to the Japanese. Russia wanted the railway badly. It loaned money to China and promised to use the proposed railway to help defend China against Japan, in the secret Li–Lobanov Treaty of 1896. Construction started in 1898 and was completed in 1903. [6]
List of ferry operators in Japan lists car ferry operators in Japan. The list includes companies operating now. The list includes companies operating now. It also lists foreign operators that have international car ferry lines to Japan.
The Northeast Passage (blue) and an alternative route through the Suez Canal (red). The Northeast Passage (abbreviated as NEP; Russian: Северо-Восточный проход, romanized: Severo-Vostochnyy prokhod, Norwegian: Nordøstpassasjen) is the shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, along the Arctic coasts of Norway and Russia.
The Japan voyage (viagem do Japão in Portuguese) was a trade route established by the Portuguese from 1550 to 1639, linking Goa, then capital of the Portuguese India, to Japan. [1] This lucrative annual trip was carried out under monopoly of the Portuguese crown, and was in charge of a Captain general.