Global shipping traffic density

It’s hard to imagine the number of ships traversing the oceanic highways every day, but this visualisation submitted to #CopernicusMarine‘s 2025 #DataViz challenge, is a mesmerising depiction of the major shipping routes used between 2015 and 2020.

Created by Julian Hoffman… pic.twitter.com/BQraXB4gHB

— Copernicus Marine (@CMEMS_EU) August 24, 2026