Re:The Suez Canal will be widened
by CalChris on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:27PM
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Those ships still have to enter the harbor and then have to be unloaded. The Benjamin Franklin has a 52 foot draft and stacks containers 10 high [1]. That means deeper dredging and bigger cranes. She called on LA, Oakland and Seattle but now transits from Asia to Europe via the Suez Canal.
Who pays for this dredging and these cranes? The localities. It's difficult to defray these costs with shipping fees. American President Lines pulled their headquarters from Oakland to Phoenix when Oakland did that. [2]
Who pays for this dredging and these cranes? The localities. It's difficult to defray these costs with shipping fees. American President Lines pulled their headquarters from Oakland to Phoenix when Oakland did that. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Benjamin_Franklin
[2] https://www.prlog.org/10551489-apl-phoenix-headquarters-relo...