Sujet : Re: The Destruction of Farms by Encroaching Cities.
De : am (at) *nospam* yellowjersey.org (AMuzi)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 12. May 2024, 19:37:58
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On 5/12/2024 12:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 12 May 2024 15:46:21 GMT, Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
The cheapest form if overland transport is the railroads. So WHY are we shipping foods long distance on trucks?
Do you know of a train that can cross an ocean?
The reason trucks are popular for shipping food is that they don't
need to be loaded and unloaded from the carrier multiple times. With
a truck, you go from point to point. With an ocean along the route,
you need to unload the container from the truck, load it onto a
container ship, sail to a port, load the container on a truck, and
drive it to the destination. If you're shipping food, the added
delays will cause the food to rot or require additional refrigeration.
For shipping within the USA, just replace the container ship with a
railroad and end up with little or no benefit.
There's some benefit to rail if you use rail transport where the
container and the truck trailer move as a unit, saving some handling
time and labor.
<https://www.aar.org/issue/freight-rail-intermodal/>
Map of the world showing only container vessels:
<https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-25.6/centery:22.6/zoom:3>
Containerization applies to both rail and ocean. Port or terminal cranes move containers to trailers for regional/local transport or the reverse.
https://constructionequipmentmag.com/storage/Press%20Files/02/67/12/26712-sxsasa.jpgDecisions on routing are complex with no simple general rule. For example, as you mentioned earlier, time sensitive shipments can cross the country on a truck in less time than the loading/routing delay at a rail terminal or bump yard. And ocean shipping between US ports is almost nonexistent where any other mode exists due to the crippling effects of the Jones Act. Barge traffic moreover is substantial for some things (corn, wheat, iron ore) at competitive times/rates but not for others.
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/iron-ore-carrying-cargo-barge-large-transporting-mined-hinterland-to-main-harbor-loading-big-ships-exporting-89476029.jpg-- Andrew Muziam@yellowjersey.orgOpen every day since 1 April, 1971
Re: The Destruction of Farms by Encroaching Cities.
Re: The Destruction of Farms by Encroaching Cities.