Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded...
by yrral on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:03PM
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But isn't "worth of goods delayed" a reasonable figure?
For example, if there is a total of X shipping capacity a year, and no reasonably priced alternatives (or extra capacity available via rail/air/etc), then disrupting $Y worth of goods for D days reduces the total amount of goods that can be traded that year by $Y*D.
For example, if there is a total of X shipping capacity a year, and no reasonably priced alternatives (or extra capacity available via rail/air/etc), then disrupting $Y worth of goods for D days reduces the total amount of goods that can be traded that year by $Y*D.
Or is there something I'm missing here?