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$TVOG Current again.

Like the ocean current guiding a bitumen tanker.

How do ocean currents affect shipping routes?

An ocean current has a well defined path and momentum formed by the combined effect of Earth's rotation, pressure gradient and wind speed. A ship passing through a current experiences the momentum of that current itself. If the current direction isn't where the ship is headed, the ship has to consume more fuel to provide the necessary thrust to counter the current's momentum. Or the ship can utilize the current's momentum to gain additional thrust, consuming less fuel, only if the current's path leads to where the ship is headed.
While some currents may link from one coastal area to another, thereby facilitating ship transport (eg: Gulf stream, Oyashio current), other currents may 'converge' at a certain region, forming 'convergence zones'. The Pacific garbage patch is an example of such a convergence zone. It is better for ships to avoid such currents that lead to nowhere.