By the late 19th century, as a result of the faster shipping, expanding fishery and industrialization of the island, exchanges of people between the island of Newfoundland and Cape Breton increased beginning a cultural exchange that continues to this day.

In the 19th century, the area's population began to grow as it became a major supplier of wool to the booming textile industry in Britain and shipping traffic increased ( the British, in return, began importing Morocco's now famous national drink, gunpowder tea ).

This increased again with the discovery of the Wilmington Oil Field in 1932, and the development of the Port of Los Angeles as a means of shipping crude oil overseas.

During the Napoleonic Wars, sugar beet production increased in continental Europe because of the difficulty of importing sugar at times in which shipping was subject to blockade.

During World War II, Bermuda's importantance as a military base increased because of its location on the major trans-Atlantic shipping route.

In the summer of 2010, a world wide shortage of containers developed as shipping increased post-recession, while new container production had largely ceased.

As the domestication of pack animals and the development of shipping technology both increased the capacity for prehistoric peoples to carry heavier loads over greater distances, cultural exchanges and trade developed rapidly.

A result of shipping traffic has been the potential for increased collisions between ships and the North Atlantic right whale.

Since the turn of the 21st century, shipping has increased in the last few decades with fruit exports, increasing opening of the Chilean economy to world commerce, and larger-scale, Post-Panamax ships that do not fit the Panama Canal.

Production increased over the years in response to the needs of the U. S. military for gunpowder during the Mexican War ( 1846-1848 ), demand for blasting powder during the California gold rush of 1849, and the Crimean War ( 1850s ), when the Hazard Powder Company supplied both Britain and Russia with gunpowder, shipping a total of 500 tons to Britain.

By 1895, Jensen was called the “ Pineapple Capital of the World ,” shipping over one million boxes of pineapples each year during the June and July season To help deal with the increased Pineapple production, a Pineapple Factory was built.

By 1951, NBC and CBS were each shipping out some 1, 000 16mm kinescope prints each week to their affiliates across the United States, and by 1955 that number had increased to 2, 500 per week for CBS.

This increased the cost to the colonies, and increased the shipping time.

Goods which were in demand had to be bought from England for sterling, the Navigation Acts further increased economic dependence on England by limiting Scots shipping and the navy was tiny.

Continued growth of business to consumer ( b2c ) e-commerce has increased demand for low-cost package shipping services.

From the 16th to the 18th centuries, the demands of iron smelters for charcoal, increasing industrial developments and the discovery and expansion of colonial empires as well as incessant warfare that increased the demand for shipping to levels never previously reached, all combined to deforest Europe.

British diplomats increased pressure on the French and Spanish, demanding that they close their ports to American shipping.

In the U. S. and Canada, due in part to the increased interest in healthier foods, a greater desire to preserve local types of cultivars or livestock ( some of which may not be up to commercial shipping or yield standards ) and an increased understanding of the importance of maintaining small, sustainable farms on the fringe of urban environments, farmers markets in the US have grown from 1, 755 in 1994 to 4, 385 in 2006 to 5, 274 in 2009.

In addition to shipping, tourism increased, and a pier was constructed in 1905 which is still running well to this day.

The proximity to strategic markets in Europe and North America has led the Port an attractive option to export, but suffers from increased coastal shipping.

The agricultural situation then changed for the worse with a poor crop harvest, failure of the potato crop, declining harvest abroad and increased shipping losses.

The announcement of the construction of a container port in April 2005, combined with new ownership of the pulp mill, the 2004 opening of a new cruise ship dock, the resurgence of coal and grain shipping, and the prospects of increased heavy industry and tourism foretell a bright future for the area.

Trinity House's activities as a lighthouse authority are financed from “ light dues ” levied on commercial shipping calling at ports in the United Kingdom.

The lighthouse protects shipping travelling through Bass Strait.

At the same time as the railway was being built more improvements were being made to the harbour, with a second pier on the eastern side of the harbour, the Albert Pier, completed in 1853 to provide even better shelter for shipping, and a lighthouse built on the Old Pier in 1855.

From here, the Antrim coast is visible and an historic lighthouse, the second commissioned in Scotland, guides shipping in the intervening North Channel.

Secondly, foggy conditions often prevail at the higher levels, making the older lighthouse invisible to shipping.

One is located near the center of the island, and another in on the western coast, the site of the Turn Point Light Station, a lighthouse guiding shipping in the busy waters of Boundary Pass to the island's north.

Its position near the Atlantic shipping lanes was exploited, with a coastguard station and a lighthouse positioned on the most north-westerly point, and a World War 2 monitoring post set up to look out for U-Boats.

Godrevy lighthouse was built to warn shipping of the danger posed by the reef.

The Stones reef had always been a hazard to shipping and a lighthouse had been considered many times prior to 1858 but nothing came of plans until the SS Nile was wrecked in November 1854 with the loss of all on board.

The sheltered cove was elaborated in 1755, and a lighthouse constructed in 1873 to improve navigation and shipping.

The second lighthouse in Texas was built at Aransas Pass by the United States government to protect shipping in Aransas Bay.

Among the first to use a fog bell and later a steam-powered foghorn, this lighthouse greatly reduced shipwrecks in this foggy area, even as shipping increased.

No longer an operating lighthouse, it marked the turning point for shipping in the main navigational channels between Port Phillip Heads and Melbourne.

An unmanned lighthouse stands there as an aid to shipping.

Original, microfilmed, and photocopied records of the lighthouse keepers, containing daily entries on station activities and upkeep ; expenditures ; weather ; shipping conditions ; visitors ; and social events on Lake Superior's north shore during the shipping season are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.

With the completion of the Toledo Harbor Light in 1904, the shallower shipping lane around Turtle Island was rerouted to deeper waters, and the lighthouse on Turtle Island was abandoned.

A lighthouse, designed by David Stevenson, was built at Butt of Lewis to aid shipping in the 1860s.

Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh and strategic location for use as home for a lighthouse and for military purposes defending the Firth of Forth for attack from shipping, and more recently protecting the upstream Forth Road Bridge, and Rosyth Dockyard.

St. Agnes lighthouse now serves simply as a daymark for shipping.

Forming a triangle of lights with South Bishop and the Smalls to protect shipping moving into and out of Milford Haven and the Bristol Channel, the lighthouse shines.

The lighthouse is intended to guide ships around a number of rocky shoals that cause a hazard to shipping entering the Haven as well as Crow's rock.

Such are the hazards of the surrounding reefs that the lighthouse is not normally approached by shipping.

The island projects out considerably into The Minch shipping lane, which is likely why it was decided to place a lighthouse here.