Unless you work in shipping, you may not think about how much global shipping affects our daily lives. Most of the consumer goods we buy traveled across oceans on massive container ships. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that as much as 90 percent of global trade relies on ships. The IMO created World Maritime Day to call attention to the hard work mariners do finding the most efficient and safest shipping routes around the globe.
High seas commerce
Today in History
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Green fields of grain
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National Fossil Day
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Wild turkeys in repose
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Noctilucent clouds
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Hiding in plain sight
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Behold the perfect cone
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Celebrating sea otters
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Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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Tiny fliers head south
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In the Supertree Grove
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World Jellyfish Day
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Eurasian otter and pup, Estonia
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Rosa Parks Day
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A horse of many colors
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Fin whales: A success story
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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