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		ijidak 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plum... But these ships are carrying containers for many different companies, right? If some companies want the goods now and other companies need to hold off, how does that work? Just whoever's shipping the most goods wins?

JohnHaugeland 4 months ago [–]

Most container ships aren’t enormous behemoths

The more reasonable sized ones and the specialized ones (especially the car ones) often service a single buyer at a time

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