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Ask HN: How did the Alppila escape Russia's blockade?
- everybodyknows 4y agoAnyone have access to AIS track history?
- alhoff 4y agofrom Baltic Sea https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/13/new-ukrainian-sea-route-bypassing-russian-blockade-sees-ship-arrive-in-spain/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/13/new-ukrainian-sea-rout...
- everybodyknows 4y agoBallpark estimate would be an extra day of travel by rail, relative to Odessa or other Black Sea port. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/%C5%9Awinouj%C5%9Bcie/48.7226265,30.2518075/@47.97392,16.7453399,5.5z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x47aa58cdcdae3301:0x1fe03a970a6e4dc8!2m2!1d14.2475775!2d53.9100327!1m0!3e3!5m1!1e4 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/%C5%9Awinouj%C5%9Bcie/48.722... The geo-strategic economic question is how much the extra rail travel adds to the cost of getting the grain to the customer. Also, how long it will take to expand physical rail capacity, all the way to Świnoujście, up to parity with Ukraine's production. Read somewhere that war cut into the recent seeding cycle by 30%, though have to wonder if even at that level, storage plus outbound rail will be able to keep up come harvest time. Summary of present congestion issues: https://gmk.center/en/news/railway-cars-congestions-at-border-crossings-reached-40-thousand-units/ https://gmk.center/en/news/railway-cars-congestions-at-borde... Also in use are the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, plus possibly whatever port might be reached by way of Čierna nad Tisou, Slovakia.
- everybodyknows 4y agoRail costs. Comprehensive, but lacking bottom-line monetary numbers: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-europe-so-absurdly-backward-compared-to-the-u-s-in-rail-freight-transport https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-europe-so-absurdly-...