@Willrandship@erroneous_input Still think you can do that somewhat. At least in time. Just need a highway near by. But preferably railroad. But the size of the port will be a lot smaller then normal ports. Highway just in time ones can be super small.
@erroneous_input@Willrandship That is for internal shipping in the us isn’t it? Not sure there is a big untapped market for internal us freight by sea.
@erroneous_input@Willrandship It doesn’t even have to go to the us. My trial would be from Denmark west coast via somewhere on Iceland to Sydney (north) Nova Scotia. If that works we need to find a good port in northern Europe with rail and refurbish the rail line to Sydney.
@Willrandship I think fully sealed battery electric and slow moving might work, but haven’t dont the calculations. No need for oxygen so can be very simple boats. Just need one or more snorkel with gps antennas sticking out of the water. You make it up vs big ships on port wait time of ~0
@Willrandship@erroneous_input You have assembly line loading and unloading. Maybe even with sleds for the boats to bring them ashore for quick maintenance. Think of a car wash that unloads the boat and cleans it. Each loading bay has multiple times the capacity of a crane for a big ship, no idle time.
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