shipping lane

noun

Origin of shipping lane

First recorded in 1930–35

When the Ever Given, a 400-meter container ship, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, it choked off a busy shipping lane for the global oil and gas trade.
Russia is in no hurry to see the Suez Canal re-opened | Tim McDonnell | March 27, 2021 | Quartz
Like much of the Asia to Europe traffic that transits one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, the Taiwan-operated mega tanker had been bound for Rotterdam.
How That Massive Container Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal Is Already Costing the World Billions of Dollars | Joseph Hincks | March 25, 2021 | Time
Tracking the transition between the two song styles may help us protect these endangered animals as they move towards busy shipping lanes.
We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs | Kate Baggaley | October 2, 2020 | Popular-Science
That could be one piece of the puzzle to more dynamically manage those habitats and shipping lanes in a way that allows shipping to continue, but also in a way that is safe for these whale populations.
We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs | Kate Baggaley | October 2, 2020 | Popular-Science
Second, the detector just tells you there is a whale in the Santa Barbara Channel region, and not whether it actually is in or near the shipping lane.
Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help. | Erik Olsen | September 29, 2020 | Popular-Science

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