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[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago
[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

everything is reboots, remakes and sequels nowadays smh

[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago

You could say that canal blockages are evergreen.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Logistics expert here! I took two correspondence courses that had open book exams in the subject and I feel confident saying:

That can't be good

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

That can't be good

Good for speculation though!

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago

Climate Change is great because it will open up the NW passage allowing faster shipping between continents and access to mineral deposits

fuck-around

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago

remember during the shortages in 2020/2021 when they would cover up empty grocery shelves with PICTURES of the fucking food

[-] Deadend@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

The printout images of the food are stuck on boats.

[-] dragongloss@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

The U.S. actually doing what they accuse DPRK doing SMH

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago

porky-happy No worries, eventually enough ships will show up and, between them, they'll have all the cargo that is stranded on the other side so they can just reroute to more convenient destinations. Easy peasy, absolutely no need to even consider doing anything about climate change.

[-] Nagarjuna@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

Have we considered using migrant labor to deepen the canal?

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Once things get worse - neolibs (and then later libs) will be saying...

"Look, these sorts of jobs need to get done or climate change will get worse. Social media creates inaccurate distractions by calling the workers 'slaves'. First of all - they are getting paid..."

[-] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I'm sure that's already in the works

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Why when you can have them port entire container ships like Viking Longboats.

[-] Nagarjuna@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Fitzcarraldo 1982

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

It’s okay sweatie, they can just go around Cape Horn.

[-] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Valparaiso is set to make a comeback

[-] good_girl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Just like god intended

[-] regul@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Investing in Ushuaia real estate as we speak.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Lotta ships about to be "Bound for South Australia"

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

The climates sanctions against US trade are greatly overdue.

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago
[-] renownedballoonthief@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 1 year ago

Since 1998 it has been jointly owned by then Kansas City Southern, now Canadian Pacific Kansas City, and Mi-Jack Products and leased to the government of Panama.

Western capitalist imperialism at its most blatant and disgusting.

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

many boatloads

[-] temptest@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

eco-porky i told u climate change was a self-solving problem

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago
[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I though the US had freight rail. Put that shit on trains.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 year ago

Freight rail is kind of a clusterfuck in the USA even if people think it is amazing.

Also, for some reason, everything container on the west coast seems to go through LA/Long Beach, which is also backed up.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

And that's assuming it doesn't just derail.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Panama could open a railroad parallel to the canal and a port on either end...

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

You would need two ports able to accommodate enough traffic that it would effectively be the largest two ports in the Americas. You are also going to really mess up logistics as you are splitting one transit trip to three different companies. Costs also rise when you have to process cargo, which you are now add two additional times process cargo.

It isn't going to be economicly viable. Hell, China's plan to cross Central America also includes a canal due to cost.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

Freight rail is rarely better than just putting the stuff on a ship. While it may be faster, ships are able to move much larger amounts. Its the same story as freight planes. There's a reason shipping is responsible for something like 80% of transport worldwide

[-] RonJonGuaido@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

okay, uh, why haven't they just made tanker-ship wide trains already?

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because that would require tanker-ship wide rail infrastructure (and tanker-ship tall as wellz which will really challenge the weight-factor)

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

But Biden said rail was the backbone of America and thus not allowed to strike!

[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago
[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Your rubber dogshit from aliexpress is indefinitely delayed.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Any Nestlé ship they might be able to fill the gap.

[-] ProfessorAdonisCnut@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Well there's a water shortage, so I'm sure they're already around to profit off that

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Someone who's good at the economy please help.

[-] MalarchoBidenism@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

First as farce, then as farce again, but with more boats this time. marx

[-] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

A river named December 24th?

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