5 ms·
"The Triple-E’s were built for $190 million a ship" The list price for the 777-300ER is $320.2 million [1]. Incredible! 1: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money
by mrtimo 12y ago
"The Triple-E’s were built for $190 million a ship"
The list price for the 777-300ER is $320.2 million [1].
Incredible!
1: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/03/30/why-a-boeing-777-costs-320-million-dollars/7063805/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/03/30/why-...
- mrfusion 12y agoWould that mean the primary costs for a 777 aren't materials?
- noer 12y agoi'm not sure you could make that arguement since they don't use the same materials. container ships are mostly steel while airplanes are a mix of aluminum, cabron fiber and titanium
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThe majority of the 787 Dreamliner is carbon fiber for weight reduction.
- saryant 12y agoThe Dreamliner is the 787.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThank you! I corrected my typo.
- celticninja 12y agopretty much. every single thing used to make a plane has to pass a shitload of tests, that is what adds the cost. I think it costs about a million dollars to test the wing of a plane like a 747, one wing.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoOne of the wing tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2HmvAXcU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2HmvAXcU0 "This Boeing 777 wing was tested to destruction, finally breaking at one fifty four percent (154%) of the designed limit load."
- snowwrestler 12y agoI doubt materials are the primary cost for most manufactured goods. That said, some materials (carbon fiber composite) are expensive per gram than others (steel).
- ChuckMcM 12y ago9,000 40' containers, enough to carry parts for a whole bunch of 777's :-). I was browsing http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/surprisingly-gorgeous-homes-made-from-shipping-containers#2301054 http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/surprisingly-gorgeous... and thought, "Wow, one of those Maersk ships could be like a whole village." The logistics though are still a problem. When one of them docks it dumps a lot of containers into the network which causes congestion exactly like packets in a network as this article http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/10/a-complete-guide-to-the-future-of-us-freight-movement/381012/ http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/10/a-complete-guide-to-the-... points out.
- tsotha 12y agoTrue. IN my life the local big port has gone from not having a rail head, to having a rail head, to having a "port rail facility", and through several upgrades to that facility.
- kjs3 12y agoTriple-Es don't have to fly. Key difference.