About the map

Physical commodities trading refers to the actual movement of goods from place to place in the world—work that is done largely by seagoing vessels. The gasoline or diesel that fuel vehicles. The metals that make up electric cars and batteries. The oil or natural gasNatural Gas Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane (CH4), but commonly includes varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage... that heat homes. The components of the plastics that make up the multitude of goods used every day. Even the building blocks of the medicines that keep us healthy. They most all spend some time at sea.

At Gunvor, we believe it is important to always remember the physical nature of our business and that every day we have more than 100 vessels on the water, moving safely between the major ports of the world.

The map on our homepage shows the movements of the global merchant fleet over a portion of the year (prior to the war in Ukraine), overlaid on a bathymetric map. Included are tankers (for oil and chemicals) and gas bulk (for liquified natural gas), among other vessels. Some of these dots Gunvor’s vessels—whose paths we monitor and emissions we track.

But more than dots on a map, they are the representation of a highly integrated global economy.