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Re:A container ship lost a record 1,800 containers by dannyw on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:26AM (#25329558)
I mean if I have important or. valuable cargo, let’s say MacBook Pros, it seems efficient and beneficial to have some clothes thrown out first before my container.
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Re:A container ship lost a record 1,800 containers by wolfgang42 on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:43AM (#25329646)
Not if they spend so long moving aside your laptops to find the clothing that the entire ship sinks. With General Average they can sort out the problem ASAP and then do the math later to repay you so that you and the clothing manufacturer both only lose 10% of your cargo’s respective values.
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Re:A container ship lost a record 1,800 containers by ocdtrekkie on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:39AM (#25329631)
If three people died trying to save your MacBook Pro, that'd be bad. Which is why the idea is based around not caring what's in a given container.
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