The global food trade depends on 14 critical ‘chokepoints’, almost all of which are at risk of increasing disruption

Maritime chokepoints

Coastal

Inland

Major shipping routes

US Gulf of Mexico

ports, inland water-

ways, rail network

Strait of

Dover

Black Sea ports

and rail network

Turkish Straits

Strait of Hormuz

Suez

canal

Panama

canal

Strait of

Gibraltar

Strait of

Malacca

Strait of Bab

al-Mandab

Brazil’s southern ports

and inland road network

Major shipping routes

Maritime chokepoints

Coastal

Inland

US Gulf of Mexico ports,

inland waterways, and

rail network

Strait of

Dover

Black Sea ports

and rail network

Turkish Straits

Strait of Hormuz

Suez

canal

Panama

canal

Strait of

Gibraltar

Strait of Bab

al-Mandab

Strait of

Malacca

Brazil’s southern ports

and inland road network

Major shipping routes

Maritime chokepoints

Coastal

Inland

Strait of

Dover

US Gulf of Mexico ports,

inland waterways, and

rail network

Black Sea ports

and rail network

Turkish Straits

Strait of Hormuz

Suez

canal

Strait of

Gibraltar

Panama

canal

Strait of Bab

al-Mandab

Strait of Malacca

Brazil’s southern ports

and inland road network