[HN Gopher] When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink ___________________________________________________________________ When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink Author : frenchman_in_ny Score : 18 points Date : 2022-06-07 22:01 UTC (59 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.newyorker.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com) | CalChris wrote: | I wonder why it's not possible to route around weather. We have | slowed shipping (Slow Steaming) because no one was willing to pay | the extra fuel cost for the faster transits. We're very good at | nowcasting and forecasting weather globally and extremely good at | it near coasts (COAMPS). Why not avoid these systems rather than | plow through? Or is global marine trade like the wildebeest | migrations in the Serengeti? | [deleted] | hoppyhoppy2 wrote: | http://archive.today/fkheo | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-07 23:00 UTC)