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Ships benefit from the square/cube law: square the hull area -> the volume is cubed.
E.g. if you double the size of a ship, the drag increases 4x but it can carry 8x the weight.
So larger ships are more efficient than smaller ones (at carrying containers/bulk/etc at scale).
Here in northern Europe, we already have electrified car carrying ferries etc.
Ocean going vessels will take longer though.
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Ships benefit from the square/cube law: square the hull area -> the volume is cubed.
E.g. if you double the size of a ship, the drag increases 4x but it can carry 8x the weight.
So larger ships are more efficient than smaller ones (at carrying containers/bulk/etc at scale).
Here in northern Europe, we already have electrified car carrying ferries etc.
Ocean going vessels will take longer though.