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05-05-2008, 10:47 PM | #1 |
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Anyone want to take a stab at how
much it costs for a Transpacific modern container cargo vessel to make the 14 day journey from China to the US west coast at current fuel costs?
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05-05-2008, 10:55 PM | #2 |
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I've had a few so sure: 750000.
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05-05-2008, 11:03 PM | #3 |
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Well I need to leave for home so here it goes. oil prices topped US$119 per barrel this week, in turn pushing marine bunker fuel prices up past $552 per ton. at $552 per ton, with fuel consumption at 217 tons per day, and a 14 day voyage, a single round trip voyage for this one vessel would produce a fuel bill of $3,353,952. So when you start seeing your "made in China" products rising this is me passing on our fuel costs to you since the shipping lines are passing it to us.
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Made in China?
I've resolved to buy American, dammit. At least I'll give it a try.
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05-06-2008, 02:58 AM | #6 |
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Because I'd rather that American manufacturers get my money and it's my way to protest the treatment of Tibet by China.
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Interestingly, the increase in transportation costs could lead to an increase in the advantage of American manufacturers. This could result in a number of beneficial (if only temporary) shifts in the market for domestic goods.
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No doubt. And the long-term effects of re-invigorating production lines that should probably die out in the US could be more detrimental than the short-term gains.
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05-06-2008, 02:18 PM | #10 |
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don't forget the weak dollar, that is pushing up the price of both imports and oil. (which ChinoCoug says is economically beneficial for the average American).
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