Editing Maritime transport (section)

=== Typical in-transit times ===
A cargo ship sailing from a [[List of busiest ports in Europe|European port]] to a US one will typically take 10–12 days depending on water currents and other factors.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Service Details|url = http://cms.molpower.com/Service/Network/Service-Details/svcName/AX1|website = cms.molpower.com|access-date = 2015-07-29}}</ref> In order to make [[container ship]] transport more economical, ship operators sometimes reduce cruising speed, thereby increasing transit time, to reduce fuel consumption, a strategy referred to as "[[slow steaming]]".<ref name=inti2013>{{Citation
|first=Inti |last=Landauro |date=January 8, 2013 |title=Meet the World's Largest Cargo Ships |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |page=B1 }}</ref>