|
Air
Transportation |
|
1955 |
2003 |
PEOPLE
(billion passenger km) |
61 |
2,992 |
FREIGHT
(billion ton km) |
0.7 |
99 |
|
Source: Vital Signs
2003, Worldwatch Institute
|
Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping "World
Fleet Statistics" |
Shipping |
|
1953 |
2003 |
Number of Ships |
31,797 |
89,960 |
Total Freight (000
Gt) |
93,352 |
633,321 |
|
World Shipping and Air
Transportation Study 1953-2003
22" diameter x 3" (freestanding)
found metal and glass
Brent Bukowski 2005
Wilhelm Nassau photo |
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