Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land bridge for Oceania cargo

Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by readthenotes1 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @04:55AM (#38989015)

Sounds like what they need is a conveyor belt

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by savoytruffle on Sunday January 14, 2024 @08:35AM (#38990219)

Some sort of a sideways space-elevator.

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by m4rtink on Sunday January 14, 2024 @09:21AM (#38990635)

Space fountain working with containers! :)

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by nunesvn on Sunday January 14, 2024 @08:33AM (#38990214)

why not a slingshot?

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by geraldhh on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:07AM (#38989086)

terrific idea

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by akie on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:39AM (#38989244)

Pretty fragile though.

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by geraldhh on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:53AM (#38989319)

idk, could be addressed with segmentation and redundancy thou

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by zo1 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @10:38AM (#38991355)

Not if you put it on some sort of rail system, and make sure each unit that's on the system has the capability to push/stop itself on this rail system.

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