[HN Gopher] When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink
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       When Shipping Containers Sink in the Drink
        
       Author : frenchman_in_ny
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-06-07 22:01 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
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       | 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?
        
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       | hoppyhoppy2 wrote:
       | http://archive.today/fkheo
        
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