31.   There are no prescribed shipping lanes in that section of ocean.

32.   With the Russian icebreaker fleet immobilized by lack of fuel, the shipping lanes along the Arctic coast are freezing shut.

33.   Organizers said the raft was somewhere in the Pacific outside of any shipping lanes, but did not specify its location.

34.   At least one Indian ship also was in the vicinity when the accident occurred in the major shipping lane off Sri Lanka.

35.   Both countries claim sovereignty over all the islands, which are strategically located astride major shipping lanes at the southern opening to the Red Sea.

36.   Both countries claim sovereignty over the islands, which are located along major shipping lanes at the opening of the Red Sea.

37.   Both ships were in a recognized crossing point of the shipping lane, Johnson said.

38.   But the long-running dispute over the islands, located near strategic shipping lanes in the Gulf, continues to strain relations.

39.   China claims all of the Spratlys, the Philippines only to some of the tiny islands that straddle strategic South China Sea shipping lanes.

40.   Control of the islands also allows access between and control over shipping lanes, and potential oil and gas fields.