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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:24PM (#32452404)
Absolutely, the best thing would have been to actually follow a specific, unique product. We tried for one and a half years to get the company where we bought the pedometer to cooperate with us. It was impossible. But we managed to get the company to tell us which route they used in most cases.
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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by alexvoda on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:31PM (#32455114)
In that case, since the ship sailed to China not form China, I find it surprising that the ship arrived full in China. I thought China exports dwarf their imports, and there would have been plenty of times a ship returns below full capacity to China.

I wonder what were they importing on that ship.

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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by chtitux on Sunday August 14, 2022 @12:21AM (#32456303)
If you want goods imported in containers from China, you have to have empty containers in China.

The ship may be full of empty containers.

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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by jtc331 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @08:08AM (#32458571)
Are the containers actually full? Or just the empty containers ready to refill?
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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by b1ue64 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @09:21PM (#32455433)
China imports 80% of their oil, IIRC it's the bulk of their imports
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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by stevage on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:14PM (#32455711)
You can't transport oil on a container ship though.
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Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by b1ue64 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:22PM (#32463604)
I'm talking about the "exports dwarf their imports" bit
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