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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by Ekaros on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:46AM (#38989280)
Might be useful to imagine all the stuff you buy in a year, even well packaged. And now multiply that by amount of people that aren't essentially sustenance farmers...

Now that I think of it, maybe 1 billion TEU is not that much. Single person does not even use full container...

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by marcosdumay on Sunday January 14, 2024 @11:51AM (#38992003)
Just remember that for making the final product you buy, there are several "generations" of components that also need to be transported.
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