U1C1 statistics and dates Flashcards
(26 cards)
How many tons of fish are caught each year?
80,000,000 tons of fish are caught each year
The Pacific Ocean accounts –% of the fishing catches
50
the Atlantic Ocean –% of the fishing catches
20
What are the main fishing countries?
China, Indonesia, and the United States are the main fishing countries
the average global productivity per Fishman of -.- tons per year masks inequalities
2.3
How many tons of algaes are produced per year?
30, million tons of Algae are produced per year
Offshore hydrocarbons represent the largest share of Marine energy resources –% of global oil production and –% of gas
30% of the global oil production
27% of gas production
there were – million cruise passengers in 2019.
28
Dubai is currently home to the world’s largest marina, which can accommodate —- yachts and—– passengers.
4,400 yachts
6,000 passengers
Around -.-million seafarers, Asian and European, work on ships that crisscross the major maritime routes
1.6
Today, – men are enough to transport –,—containers from China to Europe in – days
16 men
22,000 containers
22 days
in Antarctica, – bases host nearly —- people during the summer
78 bases
3,000 people
- million illegal migrants ) have crossed the Mediterranean and –,— people have died since 2014.
2 millions
28,000 people have died
Maritime transport ensures –% of the flow of goods
90
Maritime trade is growing strongly: the volume transported has increased more than ? since 1960.
tenfold
Today, approximately -.-million kilometers of cables are deployed (i.e. – times around the Earth) and transport –% of data.
1.3 millions kilometers
32 times around the Earth
99% of data
New cables are regularly installed to meet the very strong growth in Internet traffic, which has timed by ? between 2017 and 2022
4
quadrupled
GAFAMs are behind –%of the submarine cables orders?
40%
Inaugurated in —-, the Marea cable between Europe and the United States has the highest current throughput; it was financed by Microsoft and Facebook.
2018
Served by around –submarine cables, the United States is at the heart of this network of submarine cables because it is the cradle of the Internet network
50
Asian ports dominate the global network: – of the world’s top 20 ports are Asian, including - Chinese
14
9 chinese
Rotterdam ranks – in the world
91
Los Angeles, the -th largest port in the world in 2000, is in –th place today, despite a –% increase in its traffic.
6th
17th place today
48% increase
The Atlantic Ocean, which was the first center of globalization from the 16th century, gave way to the Pacific Ocean in —-.
1984
