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> At some point those ships will clear out of LA and there will be no more pile up. All the goods will have been distributed. Meanwhile, the world's container s
by throw0101a 5y ago
> At some point those ships will clear out of LA and there will be no more pile up. All the goods will have been distributed. Meanwhile, the world's container ship capacity will have increased by some large factor (30%, 50%) to address the shortage.
They'll be scrapped:
* https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/275-cargo-vessels-sold-for-scrap-in-h1-2021-40-rise-as-compared-to-2020-vesselsvalue/ https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/275-cargo-vessel...
* https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/ship-recycling-steel-2021-bangladesh-india-pakistan/ https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/ship-recycling-steel-...
Or at least the oldest, smallest, least efficient ones will be.