Panama Canal Expansion Facts

The Panama Canal expansion began in 2007, and will be finally completed next year. Costing $5.25 billion, this project will be a boon to international trade and LNG shipping. Read more

Amazon’s Massive Distribution Network in One Giant Visualization

This visualization shows satellite imagery of all of Amazon’s warehouses in the U.S. to put the size of its physical distribution network in perspective. Read more

Visualizing Global Shipping Container Traffic

Globalization owes a lot to the humble shipping container. See the massive scale of global container shipping, and which countries are moving the most units. Read more

Visualizing the World’s Busiest Ports

Every day, millions of tons of goods pass through ports to get to their end consumers. Here are the world’s busiest ports, and how numbers have changed. Read more

Suez Canal: Critical Waterway Comes to a Halt

The Suez Canal is an important waterway, connecting trade between Asia and Europe. Here are the details surrounding its blockage. Read more

Visualizing Congestion at America’s Busiest Port

The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest port in America. It’s also at the center of a massive container backlog. Read more

Mapped: Where America’s Truckers Live, by State

See how America’s 1.8 million truckers are distributed across the nation in these two heatmap visualizations. Read more

Charted: The Dipping Cost of Shipping

After a dramatic spike during the pandemic, shipping costs have now fallen back to Earth. What does that mean for shippers and the economy? Read more

Explainer: What to Know About the Ohio Train Derailment

A train transporting a number of potentially dangerous chemicals derailed near the Ohio–Pennsylvania border. This infographic explains what happened Read more