Sea Lanes

[Mohoender]

I'm not thinking of world shipping which is a different matter we already discussed. However, in T2K what sea lane could be available and where will piracy be really active?

Here are might thoughts:
- Bosphorus: open desipite damages by the bomb that missed Istanbul
- Gibraltar: open
- Jutland: open
- Suez Canal: destroyed by nukes
- Panama Canal: I used to have it open with limited access but why should it be so. More likely destroyed.

Major working harbors:
- Macao (China)
- Marseille (France)
- Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Arkhangelsk (Russia)
- Riga (Latvia)
- Several in Norway and Sweden
- Portsmouth and Newcastle (UK)
- Porto (Portugal)
- Istanbul (Turkey)
- Dakar (Senegal)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
- Savannah and Boston (USA)
- Quebec (Quebec)
- Several smaller harbors seeing more shipping these days

Please complete the list, I'm missing several (Thanks Wiki): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seaports

Major Sea Lane:
Pacific Sealane: going from Europe/US to Falklands and Chile to several Islands in the Pacific. Piracy is extremely important in the Carribean, off the coasts of Portugal/Spain, in the Bay of Biscay and in the Mediterranean. A safer sea lane link the US west coast to various destinations in the Pacific

Mediterranean Sea Lanes Again the most travelled seas, it is also the most dangerous. You better travel in convoy.

Atlantic Sea Lanes Largely abandonned, they are especially unsafe due to mine hazards.

African Sea Lane with the destruction of the Suez Canal, shipping is going trough the cape of good hope, making cape town the most important seaport and benefiting South Africa. Other major stop on the route are Madeira, Cabo Verde, Saint Helena, Reunion/Maurice, Zanzibar. Piracy exist all along the African coasts.

Artic sea lane largely abandonned it linked Arkhangelsk to ports in the Atlantic

Northern Sea Route A major sea route nowadays it is entirely controled by the Soviet Union.

Just some rapid thoughts, feel free to complete.