Sea lane

A sea lane, sea road or shipping lane is a regularly used route for vessels on oceans and large lakes. In the Age of Sail they were not only determined by the distribution of land masses but also the prevailing winds, whose discovery was crucial for the success of long voyages. Sea lanes are very important for trade by sea.

History

The establishment of the North Atlantic sea lanes was inspired by the sinking of the US mail steamer SS Arctic by collision with the French steamer SS Vesta in October 1854 which resulted in the loss of over 300 lives. Lieutenant M. F. Maury of the US Navy first published a section titled "Steam Lanes Across the Atlantic" in his 1855 Sailing Directions proposing sea lanes along the 42 degree latitude. A number of international conferences and committees were held in 1866, 1872, 1887, 1889, and 1891 all of which left the designation of sea lanes to the principal trans-Atlantic steamship companies at the time; Cunard, White Star, Inman, National Line, and Guion Lines. In 1913-1914 the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea held in London again reaffirmed that the selection of routes across the Atlantic in both directions is left to the responsibility of the steamship companies.

Lane

In the context of traffic control, a lane is part of a carriageway (roadway) that is designated for use by a single line of vehicles, to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts. Most public roads (highways) have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each direction, separated by lane markings. On multilane roadways and busier two-lane roads, lanes are designated with road surface markings. Major highways often have two multi-lane roadways separated by a median.

Some roads and bridges that carry very low volumes of traffic are less than 15 feet (4.6 m) wide, and are only a single lane wide. Vehicles travelling in opposite directions must slow or stop to pass each other. In rural areas, these are often called country lanes. In urban areas, alleys are often only one lane wide. Urban and suburban one lane roads are often designated for one-way traffic.

Capacity

Lane capacity varies widely due to conditions such as neighbouring lanes, lane width, elements next to the road, number of driveways, presence of parking, speed limits, number of heavy vehicles and so on - the range can be as low as 1000 passenger cars / hour to as high as 4800 passenger cars /hour but mostly falls between 1500 to 2400 passenger cars / hour.

Lane (disambiguation)

A vehicle lane is a part of a road designated for use by a single line of traffic.

Lane may also refer to:

Roads

  • Country lane, a narrow road in the countryside
  • Green lane (road)
  • Places

  • Lanë, a stream in Tirana
  • Lane, Belgium, Dutch name of the municipality of Lasne
  • Lane, West Yorkshire
  • The Lanes, an area of narrow streets and alleyways in Brighton, England
  • Lane, Idaho
  • Lane, Kansas
  • Lane, Nebraska
  • Lane, Oklahoma
  • Lane, South Carolina
  • Lane, South Dakota
  • Lane City, Texas
  • Lane County, Kansas
  • Lane County, Oregon
  • People

    Surname

  • Lane (surname)
  • Given name

  • Lane Brody (born 1955), American singer-songwriter
  • Lane Carlson (born 1978), American model
  • Lane Chandler (1899-1972), American actor
  • Lane Crockett (born 1941), American journalist
  • Lane Evans (born 1951), American politician
  • Lane Frost (1963-1989), American bull rider
  • Lane Garrison (born 1980), American actor
  • Lane Kiffin (born 1975), American football coach
  • Lane Kirkland (1922-1999), American labor union leader
  • Lane Smith (1936-2005), American actor
  • Fiction

    Lane (surname)

    Lane is a surname with two separate origins in Britain and Ireland.

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  • Meanings and origins

  • From Middle English a topographic name for someone who lived in a lane. Used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
  • Lane is also an Anglicized form, of three Irish Gaelic surnames.

  • Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin'.
  • Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.
  • Ó Liatháin.
  • A

  • Abbe Lane (born 1932), American actress
  • Abigail Lane, (born 1967) English artist
  • Allen Lane (1902–1970), publisher
  • Alycia Lane (born 1972), American television journalist
  • Andrew Lane (disambiguation), several people
  • Andy Lane (born 1963), author and journalist
  • Anita Lane, Australian singer and songwriter
  • Anthony Lane (born 1962), British film reviewer and journalist
  • Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956), U.S. diplomat
  • B

  • Billy Lane, U.S. motorcycle builder
  • Bobby Lane (born 1939), American football player
  • Sea (EP)

    Sea EP is the second EP from Doves. It was self-released on the band's Casino Records label on 24 May 1999 on limited CD and 10" vinyl. The band dedicated the EP to Rob Gretton, who helped fund Doves' early releases as well as when the band played as Sub Sub. Rob died of a heart attack only a few days before the EP was released. In the music video for "Sea Song," the opening title card reads "For Rob."

    Track listing

    All songs written and composed by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams. 

    Notes

  • Casino Records CHIP002.
  • All songs written and produced by Doves.
  • Keyboards on "Sea Song" by Richard Wheatley.
  • "Sea Song" engineered by Matt Ollivier.
  • "Darker" engineered by Jez Williams.
  • Sleeve design and artwork by Rick Myers.
  • SEA

    SEA or Sea may refer to:

  • Sea, the body of water covering most of Earth
  • Organizations

  • Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents (Service d'enquête sur les accidents des transports publics)
  • Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group
  • Sea Education Association, an ocean science and sailing program
  • Service des essences des armées, French army supply corps
  • Sistema Eléctrico de Aysén, a power grid in Chile
  • Slovenian Environment Agency
  • Socialist Environmental Alliance, a political party in Northern Ireland
  • Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques, aircraft manufacturers
  • Society for economic anthropology
  • Southern Economic Association
  • Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
  • State education agency
  • Svensk Elektrobil AB, was a Swedish company that made electric vehicles
  • Swaziland Environment Authority
  • Syrian Electronic Army
  • System Enhancement Associates, creators of the ARC file format
  • Science and technology

  • Schoof–Elkies–Atkin algorithm
  • Sea (advertisement)

    Sea is an advertising campaign launched by Diageo in 2007 to promote Smirnoff brand vodka. It centres on a 60-second commercial created by J. Walter Thompson, which premiered on 17 August 2007 in showings of The Bourne Ultimatum at select cinemas across the United Kingdom. Various tie-ins were launched, including the "Smirnoff Purifier", an online game, point of sale "Smirnoff purity kits", and a tour of a custom-built "Smirnoff Purification Installation" used to make potable samples of water taken from saline or otherwise undrinkable water at selected sites. In all, the campaign cost £5,000,000 to create, making it the largest campaign ever taken on by Diageo for its Smirnoff brand.

    Commercial

    Production of the sixty second commercial, developed by J. Walter Thompson, took place over seven months. The filming of the commercial took place over a period of several weeks in February 2007, primarily in the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, with additional filming at the white cliffs of Dover and Auckland harbour. The director chosen to oversee the piece was Daniel Kleinman, known for his previous work on James Bond title sequences and adverts for Levi's and Durex.

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