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Sorry, what ? Your OP literally says they're shipping water from fiji. The value is for the label, but the logistics are still shipping the weight of a ton of
by kupopuffs 4y ago
Sorry, what ? Your OP literally says they're shipping water from fiji.
The value is for the label, but the logistics are still shipping the weight of a ton of water
- jfim 4y agoFiji imports more goods than it exports. As such, ships that bring goods to the islands come in full but leave without a full load. Carrying water, while it seems silly, is a use of that empty capacity.
- carlosjobim 4y agoShips spend more fuel the more weight they ship. If you ship something unnecessary, you are wasting fuel for nothing.
- jfim 4y agoThe ship has to return, empty or not. If the shipping company can recoup some of those costs (labor, fuel, insurance, etc.) by selling the otherwise empty space to someone who sells bottled island water, it's a net gain for both the shipping company and the Fijian economy.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe point, which you seem to be purposefully missing, is it's a net loss for the world.
- carlosjobim 4y agoOf course it's good for the shipping company and the water sellers. Otherwise they wouldn't do it.
- Ekaros 4y agoUnless the shipped amount is exactly the ballast... But even then the ballast and any cargo is placed differently so even that point wouldn't work.