[HN Gopher] When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink
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When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink
Author : frenchman_in_ny
Score : 18 points
Date : 2022-06-07 22:01 UTC (59 minutes ago)
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| CalChris wrote:
| I wonder why it's not possible to route around weather. We have
| slowed shipping (Slow Steaming) because no one was willing to pay
| the extra fuel cost for the faster transits. We're very good at
| nowcasting and forecasting weather globally and extremely good at
| it near coasts (COAMPS). Why not avoid these systems rather than
| plow through? Or is global marine trade like the wildebeest
| migrations in the Serengeti?
| [deleted]
| hoppyhoppy2 wrote:
| http://archive.today/fkheo
| [deleted]
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