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Discover Ludwig"shipping lane" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a designated route used by ships for transportation of goods or passengers. Example: The cargo ship navigated through the busy shipping lane at the entrance of the harbor, as smaller boats moved out of its path.
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shipping lane
noun
A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels.
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The Skagerrak is a busy shipping lane.
"An attack would cut off a major shipping lane.
By the time she finally foundered, Singaporean tugs had towed her out of the shipping lane.
An important international shipping lane, it connects the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean.
By late morning, Wächtler had reached the shipping lane that ran between East and West Germany.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Glas spotted a kayaker in a deep-water shipping lane.
To increase the reliability of transportation, the shipper imposes a quantity limit on each shipping company on each shipping lane.
The car ferries and big ships and heavy commercial traffic that frequent a shipping lane grew closer.
But the shipping lane along the north coast of Siberia that joins the Atlantic and Pacific is getting busier.
The ship, which was nine miles outside its authorized shipping lane, was hauling 72,000 tons of coal.
Three people suffered minor burns, and some of the liquid flowed into the Arthur Kill, a busy shipping lane.
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