We test your knowledge here each month. This time, the question is about the use of artificial waterways in shipping. Shipping transit times and distances can be significantly reduced by using canals, and this is also good for the environment! So, what do you think? Which is the world’s busiest artificial waterway, based on the number of ships that transit through it each year?
Please send us your answers by email to [email protected] and enter to win the "seafarers" coffee table book from Patrick Ludolph. The closing date for entries is February 25, 2019. As always, you’ll find out the answer in the next issue.
Answer to the previous issue’s quiz: b) 2,000,000