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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by imtringued on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @05:58AM (#30840665)
It's one thing to do something completely counter productive like using gasoline powered drones to unload/load your electric ship. It's another to assume that the same capability can even be offered by electric drones.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with port cranes.

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by krasin on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:20PM (#30845587)
Yes, port cranes are much better, if they can be used. The drones are suggested as a potential alternative to handle "LA does not allow nuclear ships to dock", so that a transfer from a nuclear- to battery-powered container ship happens in the international waters.

As for can be offered: we're talking about moving a container from ship to ship which stand just hundreds meters away. The physics / math works, see my other comment.

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