The AC and similar foiling boats are very cool but not even remotely practical as a cargo technology. There's a reason those boats are carbon fiber and insanely

The AC and similar foiling boats are very cool but not even remotely practical as a cargo technology. There's a reason those boats are carbon fiber and insanely expensive. There is no "routes to avoid larger waves." That simply is not a thing. Even in dead calm there's rogue waves that come along. Speed is not the constraint for ocean shipping.