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Some 11 billion tons of stuff gets carried around the world each year by large ships. Clothes, flat-screen TVs, grain, cars, oil — transporting these goods from port to port is what makes the global economy go ’round.

Now there’s a great way to visualize this entire process, through this stunning interactive map from the UCL Energy Institute. The researchers assembled data from the thousands of commercial ships that moved across the ocean in 2012. They then worked with the data visualization studio Kiln to make this map.

This is an incredible visualization. Play around with the map and toggle the types of ships and shipping routes on and off.