• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    a two-week crossing from Saint-Nazaire to Baltimore on Neoline costs €3,200 (£2,800).

    That seems crazy. That works out to £200 per day, on a cargo ship.

    I really want these to take off. Container shipping is cost efficient but it really seems like an obvious, if complicated solution to drive costs and emissions lower.

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      but it carries 1000 tons of cargo. Ships with that capacity (fully cellular container ships, but not Panamax cost millions per year to run - five figures daily. There is real potential here.

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        That’s for a passenger ticket, not for a container. Just seems high for what I imagine is going to be a non-luxury cruise.