On: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, colla...

[samstave]

Thank FN gosh that those TEUs were likely ~mostly empty returns.

If thems be full, that guy would be illegally parked for far longer.

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What is the traffick-routing-around plan look like? (both sea and land, helicopters cry in lack of TEU)

[samstave → samstave]

Jeasus - seriously - if that was an inbound shipment then it would be worse - this appears to have been leaving - which would infer that the TEUs were more empty than full.

[senectus1 → samstave]

do they ever run these empty?

I would expect they're as close to full as they can get in every trip. They'd be terribly inefficient ways to transport goods otherwise.

[marnett → senectus1]

With what would they be filled with?

[heads → marnett]

North America has lots of land and oil. Timber (Canada), plastics, and corn fertilised by nitrates that were made using fossil fuel energy. Corn probably doesn’t ship in containers but corn-fed beef and poultry do?

[lupire → marnett]

Ideally, something exportable from this region.

Some import products are crazy cheap because cross-planet shipping is basically free because it's the reverse end of a trip carrying valuable stuff. But they mainly applies to ships returning from low development level regions.

[katbyte → lupire]

Like what? What does na export in containers?

Most our exports are bulk not container afaik

[83 → katbyte]

While the majority is bulk, the US does export a lot of industrial machinery. It's just not stuff you normally think about - like the large hvac systems on the roof of large buildings or the caterpillar earth moving equipment/parts to make roads.

[samstave → senectus1]

Apparently, I was wrong - they are reporting it as a "fully loaded" -- but that does not mean the TEUs were full of goods and services... but thats what they are calling it. So I have no Idea.

Unless ImportYtei.com can get the bills of lading for that ship....