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Re:Mexico building rail rival as water shortages drain Panam... by CapitalistCartr on Sunday January 14, 2024 @06:10PM (#38995422)
Ships are made to be drydocked. They get supported on a LOT of blocking. Train cars could copy that. It's otherwise not practical, though.
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Re:Mexico building rail rival as water shortages drain Panam... by mkl on Sunday January 14, 2024 @06:24PM (#38995513)
> Ships are made to be drydocked.

Not while fully loaded with thousands of containers.

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Re:Mexico building rail rival as water shortages drain Panam... by themaninthedark on Sunday January 14, 2024 @06:20PM (#38995480)
Ships in drydock are not full of goods.
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