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The article says otherwise. Labour costs seem rather a significant percentage. > Crew costs of $3,299 a day account for about 44 percent of total operating exp
by arjie 12y ago
The article says otherwise. Labour costs seem rather a significant percentage.
> Crew costs of $3,299 a day account for about 44 percent of total operating expenses for a large container ship, according to Moore Stephens LLP, an industry accountant and consultant.
- wisty 12y agoOperating expenses, not the cost of the ship. Other operating expenses are just fuel, aren't they? Not that fuelling a container ship is cheap. The capital cost is probably as much as fuel and crew together. Still, if crew is ~20% of costs, it's worth looking at.
- Casseres 12y ago$3,299 is EXTREMELY cheap. I don't think that is right. A captain alone can cost anywhere from $600 to $1000 a day. Then you have a Chief Engineer that might just be $100 less a day, other officers, then unlicensed crew. Salary-wise, that number is less than half. Also, unless they are getting their fuel for about 30 cents a gallon, fuel costs a lot more than $8247.50 (the other 56%) a day.
- Casseres 12y agoCorrection: The other 56% is $4198.73 a day.