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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by tasuki on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @05:02AM (#26564960)
Some back-of-the-napkin calculations: The ship's got over 20k containers, so less than $10 per container. Shipping a container from Asia to Europe costs thousands of dollars, so passing through the canal is less than 1% of the cost. Sounds fair to me?
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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by jansan on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @05:50AM (#26565237)
The ship in the video is not a container ship but a taker or bulk cargo ship, so you cannot calculate this way. But I am sure it is not much if you divide the toll fee by total shipping cost or even the value of the cargo. It was just the total sum that I found impressive.
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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by tasuki on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:42AM (#26566411)
Oh, good point - I mixed it up with Ever Given. Agreed $200k is a lot, but probably totally insignificant compared to the major costs (fuel, wear & tear).

Maintaining the channel seems to be a lot of work... like when ships crash into the bank and block it.

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