Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
[quote user="PNWRMNM"]Where things diverge is Suez route which you say is only a couple of days longer sail to Portsmouth despite being twice the mileage. One of us has messed up badly. Care to comment?[/quote] The mileage from Shanghai to New York via Suez Canal is 13861 nautical miles according to this website: <a>http://ports.com/sea-route/port-of-shanghai,china/port-of-new-york,united-states/</a> I checked Norfolk, Virgina or Port of Virginia. They are 13843 nm and 13820 nm respectively. With a speed of about 20.5 kts you get 28 days. I had it from a different website which I forgot to bookmark. [quote user="PNWRMNM"]You also talked about share of container landbridge traffic. What exactly does that mean? What compared to what?[/quote] The total (100%) was devided between "Asia-West Coast-landbridge-New York", "Asia-Panama Canal-New York", and "Asia-Suez Canal-New York" [quote user="PNWRMNM"]The other point that I think you may have misstated is that rates via Suez are (absolutely) lower than via Panama, due to larger ships. I would expect costs and rates per mile to be lower using bigger ships, but the double mileage would overwhelm the relatively modest drop in per mile cost.[/quote] Here is the new tarrif structure for the Panama Canal: <a href="http://www.pancanal.com/peajes/ApprovedTollsTables.pdf">http://www.pancanal.com/peajes/ApprovedTollsTables.pdf</a> A fully loaded container costs $85 on a fully loaded 12,000 TEU ship, $5 less than for a smaller ship at total costs Shanghai to New York of about $1,900 per TEU. Suez Canal rates are lower but more difficult to calculate. You need the ships particulars, especially the Suez Canal Net Tonnage. With estimated dimension the cost per TEU are about 50% of the Panama Canal rate: Regards, Volker Edit: I re-calculated the Suez Canal toll for the 13,000 TEU container ship  Hamburg Express. With 142,300 GRT, 15.5 m draft and an estimated 50% dwt as SCNT = 65,000 t the cost per TEU is approx. $28.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag