introduction
Water transportation provides a huge part in the shipping industry especially from country to country. Everything does not fit into an air plane and unfortunately semi truck are not able to cross the ocean so this is where giant barges and other ships take over. Also many people use water for recreation such as boating, skiing and jet skiing. One more way that people make a living off of using the ocean would be cruise ships and other services companies run that people do for fun or a vacation.
This website has good information and history on the very famous panama canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for ships to pass and continue there journey of shipping goods
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This website tells you a lot about the history of ships that have been used to ship products. This website also talks about where the ships go and how they get there with new technology. It also tells about the new ships that we use and what kind of products we ship by water.
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fun facts about recreation water use
These facts are accroding to commanderbob.com
- 71,644,000 people participated in recreation boating in 2002 just in the United States
- more than half of the people in the U.S. live within 50 miles of a coast line
- 1.3 million boats were sold between 95 and 96 that totals almost 10 billion dollars
- 61 percent of the priamry task on the water was fishing, 50 percent was day - cruising, swimming was 25 percent of the boating tasks and water skiing was 25 percent