Hi,
Consumer goods constitute only 12% of world trade by container, and the rest is carrying bulk goods. Why then does the average layman think that 80% of the world trade is by container?
2007-03-01 13:42:08 · 4 answers · asked by nainaewe1979 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
12% finished goods, 88% bulk good = 100% of container content, i.e. out of 100 containers 88 will hold raw materials, 12 will hold finished goods
Containers are intermodal, they travel by truck train ship.
80% of all goods shipped by any of those methods of transport are inside intermodal containers.
2007-03-01 13:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Laymen don't usually see bulk carrier cargo until it is in shipments transfered by truck and rendered invisible by lack of obvious source declaration. Container ship cargo is obvious on trucks and laymen think they see more than the 12% quoted.
Perhaps bulk carriers should stop coming for a year or two.
Start with petrol. I think people might start to notice their flawed perceptions soon after America has the largest collection of non-functional vehicles on the planet. Will that make you feel better?
2007-03-05 00:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
grizzbr has a good answer...also to consider that consumer goods are very visable in containers; people dont think of 1,000 tankers of 100,000 tons and up at sea at any given moment filled with crude oil at , what, about a US dollar a gallon......
2007-03-02 15:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
problematic step. query at yahoo and bing. that could help!
2014-11-07 03:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋