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Yeah, it is ecosystem of changes, you need bigger docks , shipyards and canals in conjunction with the technology improvements. The costs of all of it needs to
by manquer 5y ago
Yeah, it is ecosystem of changes, you need bigger docks , shipyards and canals in conjunction with the technology improvements.
The costs of all of it needs to be economically feasible even if the technology is there, I don't think welding is only reason we have been limited in the size
- bombcar 5y agoYou can see the practical limit in the ships designed to go directly from China - Los Angeles - as it's just open sea.
- manquer 5y agoNo doubt those waters are ideal given the high traffic and limited geographic barriers, even these however ships would still need to dock in LA. I am not saying the limit doesn't play a major role, I am saying if it's was the main bottleneck there would be a lot of r&d in solving it, solving it would certainly help, but the economics and other limitations mean solving welding won't mean a revolutionary change to ship sizes
- CalChris 5y agoThose ships still have to enter the harbor and then have to be unloaded. The Benjamin Franklin has a 52 foot draft and stacks containers 10 high [1]. That means deeper dredging and bigger cranes. She called on LA, Oakland and Seattle but now transits from Asia to Europe via the Suez Canal. Who pays for this dredging and these cranes? The localities. It's difficult to defray these costs with shipping fees. American President Lines pulled their headquarters from Oakland to Phoenix when Oakland did that. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Benjamin_Franklin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Benjamin_Franklin [2] https://www.prlog.org/10551489-apl-phoenix-headquarters-relocation-complete.html https://www.prlog.org/10551489-apl-phoenix-headquarters-relo...