TRANS 95% of container ships now going around Tip of Africa instead of using Red Sea
- Thread starter mzkitty
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mzkitty
I give up.
Yeah, and I wonder what the chinese think, given that much of the container traffic is their stuff........
IMO, there's enough money in play to make this crap stop...if there was a desire to.
Do the shipping companies make more on the longer route?
Do the shipping companies make more on the longer route?
Knoxville's Joker
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No, I think it is an extra million in fuel and staffing costs.
Not cost, but net profit.
Is that extra passed through to the customer?
Do they make so much a mile?
I doubt they're running these routes at a loss.
Wyominglarry
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Egypt is getting really pissed.
Knoxville's Joker
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I think that is part of the point. You starve Egypt enough, they will call to reign in the Houthi Terrorists... Or do it themselves...
sssarawolf
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Just plain STUPID, take out their bases and etc.
Old Greek
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Biden must first get approval from Xi Jinping! The Biden crime family riches come from China!!
rob0126
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A big fat FF target is what I see.
Lone_Hawk
Resident Spook
It all depends on the contracts. If they cover this contingency, or not. The cost of going around may be cheaper than the failure to deliver in a specified time. That cost will be spread out to each separate container owned by different people. Either way, expensive to all parties.
They can’t deliver on time if they are going around. It adds 10-14 days to the trip. Shipping schedule are a mess and that will impact production if it last very long. Any ship on a fixed schedule is now blown. Schedules completely screwed.
Lone_Hawk
Resident Spook
Yeah, but probably still cheaper than just floating in the IO waiting it all out....