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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by benj111 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:30AM (#38989206)
Well they didn't mention 24000 teu.

Or are you saying they wouldn't be limited by panamax, so could theoretically lower costs on the shipping portion?

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by yreg on Sunday January 14, 2024 @06:44AM (#38989574)
They did calculate with 24000 TEUs, edited the comment afterwards. All good.
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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by jrockway on Sunday January 14, 2024 @08:24PM (#38996324)
Yup, I did. I had that thought like, wait, can that big a ship fit through the Panama canal? The answer is... no ;)
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