When European exploration began, Britain's more constrained crown left trade in the hands of privateers, whereas Spain favoured state control of ocean commerce.

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Continuous, real-time ocean data would make ocean commerce safer.

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Product moving in containers on ocean vessels represents the majority of commerce among U.S. companies and their trading partners around the world.

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