Imagine you ordered something from Amazon. It will take about 24 hours till it is at your doorstep. If all that time was spent travelling at 30 km/h, it could h

Imagine you ordered something from Amazon. It will take about 24 hours till it is at your doorstep. If all that time was spent travelling at 30 km/h, it could have come from 720 km or 450 miles. In Switzerland, the distance from Geneva to St. Gall is around 360 km. Container ships travel typically at 16 to 25 knots (between 30 and 36 km/h), and they do this traveling very long distances. In other words, low speed does not really matter for many goods, especially in small countries.