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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
Strait Connects Price
Strait of Gibraltar Atlantic Ocean ↔ Mediterranean Sea 800bn
Bosporus Black Sea ↔ Sea of Marmara 200bn
Dardanelles Aegean Sea ↔ Sea of Marmara 100bn
Strait of Hormuz Persian Gulf ↔ Gulf of Oman 300bn
Bab-el-Mandeb Red Sea ↔ Gulf of Aden 450bn
Strait of Malacca Andaman Sea ↔ South China Sea 1500
Taiwan Strait East China Sea ↔ South China Sea 1200bn
Bering Strait Arctic Ocean ↔ Pacific Ocean 50bn
Strait of Dover English Channel ↔ North Sea 900bn
Davis Strait Labrador Sea ↔ Baffin Bay 50bn
Denmark Strait Greenland Sea ↔ North Atlantic Ocean 50bn
Cook Strait Tasman Sea ↔ Pacific Ocean 150bn
Torres Strait Coral Sea ↔ Arafura Sea 10bn
Magellan Strait Atlantic Ocean ↔ Pacific Ocean 150bn
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is very entertaining haha. How did you come up with the numbers?

We know the price for Hormuz. The rest are (mostly) scaled by shipping traffic.