Indian Ocean Route

The Indian Ocean is located between Asia, Africa, Oceania and Antarctica, covering an area of nearly 75 million square kilometers. It is the third largest ocean in the world. It connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and plays a role as a "maritime corridor" in world shipping. The coast is rich in resources, especially oil in the Persian Gulf. Most of the Indian Ocean routes are closely related to oil transportation.

(1) Persian Gulf-Southeast Asia-Far East route. This mainly refers to the routes through which China, Japan, and South Korea import oil from the Gulf region.

(2) Persian Gulf-Cape of Good Hope-Western Europe and North America routes. This mainly refers to Western Europe and North America importing stone from the Gulf area.

Oil route. Because this route is a natural waterway, it has a large cargo volume, but the risk is high.

(3) Persian Gulf-Suez Canal-Mediterranean Sea-Western Europe and North America routes. This is also an oil route, suitable for empty sailing of relatively small-tonnage oil tankers as well as giant oil tankers.