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> For context, the contemporary commercial merchant fleet is about 80,000 ships Yes, though the contemporary fleet moves a lot more cargo than the WWII era fle
by jabl 2y ago
> For context, the contemporary commercial merchant fleet is about 80,000 ships
Yes, though the contemporary fleet moves a lot more cargo than the WWII era fleet, as the ships are a lot bigger, somewhat faster, and thanks to containers and ro-ro ships cargo handling is a lot more efficient so the ships spend much less time in port unloading and loading.
- dredmorbius 2y agoRight. I did manage to address that in a follow-up comment, though after you'd pointed out the same: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41472992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41472992>