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BrandorKP posted:If any one has any thing they want to know about the logistics of international grain shipments let me know. Everything
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Jun 14, 2016 04:17
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Yeah this is my stuff, I love logistics and shipping. Specially trains and boats and ports. It's astounding the amount of stuff we ship around. I guess the question is: why spend so much energy shipping it around the world, why not just grow the feed closer to where its needed? Well obviously with energy and shipping prices as they are, it's actually cheaper to grow where it's the most productive and then ship. What would have to change for this to no longer be true? How much would fuel prices and transport costs have to rise before shipping animal feed around the world became cost ineffective, and at that point would we be probably more concerned about the total collapse of the global economy?
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Jun 14, 2016 05:10
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I see a lot of bulk haulers every day going past my island, most likely a lot of them coming out of Vancouver. Probably a a 30-30-40 split between bulk, RORO/Other, and container. The Cargil terminal is just one of many  Sea transport is tremendously efficient, I always try to explain that to people who think it's insane how much distance our goods cover. The distance doesn't matter, it's the cost/efficiency that matters and huge modern ships can move crazy amounts of stuff for basically nothing when compared to any other method. Eat less meat, waste less food, grow more appropriate crops for climates and maybe give up farming areas with terrible water issues but don't stop the transport chain, it's a very efficient link in the system.
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Jun 14, 2016 07:09
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