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Does anyone have a good handle on freight costs? If I wanted to send a container of stuff from (say) China to the US, would it be cheaper to send it in a ship,
by hugh3 15y ago
Does anyone have a good handle on freight costs?
If I wanted to send a container of stuff from (say) China to the US, would it be cheaper to send it in a ship, or go round the long way through a Bering Strait tunnel (assuming such a thing actually already existed)?
- jleader 15y agoI suspect that ship would beat train hands-down on costs, but train could still win for time-critical uses.
- analyst74 15y agofreight cost is tricky to compare, but considering Trans-Siberian Railway is competing with the long-way sea route, and is mainly winning on speed and safety thanks to pirates. * I think shipping via ship is going to be way cheaper than the to-be-built tunnel, unless, maybe if you are shipping from Siberia to Alaska? *reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway#Developments_in_shipping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway#Developm...
- hugh3 15y agoRight. In that case I really can't see much use for this tunnel.