Cargo Ship vs. Cargo Plane.

[Rerg]

So yea, I was in a heated debate with my friend about which is better.
14, so yea, I have limited knowledege on this, but. . .

A Cargo Ship > Cargo Plane.

A Cargo Ship obvouisly cant go as fast as a plane, but it can carry way more and the amount a plane can carry is nothing to what a ship can. It can fit also alot more, and a larger variety of things.

A Cargo Plane is more faster, and they are more numerous. But there cargo is limited and you need alot more planes than ships, and I mean ALOT to have the same amount of freight as one ship, and what they can carry is limited.

So He's pretty arrogant thinking that the shipping industry is going to die, SOON.

So yea, what do you guys think? And are there any sites I can look for information?


Peace.

[JoaMei]

Uhmmm.... ?

Basically both, Ships and Planes will be around very long in the Future. There is no way the Shipping industry will die out. The biggest plane can transport only light equipment or a single heavy main Battle Tank. A ship can transport a whole Tank division...

[Silent Reader]

i dont think that ships will become obsolete, hehe
just think of oil, coal, gas, thousands of containers.. you need ships for stuff like this. planes would be too expensive and too small for this ^^

[lightfire]

So yea, but can a cargo ship hover in the air...

[EsoognomEhT]

You and your mate need to get out more

[Silent Reader]

So yea, but can a cargo ship hover in the air...
the things you mean are called hovercrafts (not related to the f22) :D

[Rerg]

the things you mean are called hovercrafts (not related to the f22) :D
Lol. Saw that.


Armed with my new knowledge I shall venture back to his backyard, locked, stocked, and ready to blow brains, I shall.

[Niels]

So yea. So, so yea.





____________________________So yea.

[ronnieraygun]

A Cargo Ship > Cargo Plane.


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[2Sheds_Jackson]

It is called shipping, not planeing. That is because at one time all things were moved by planes. They were un-powered hang-glider like planes, using wings covered in animal skins, and launched from pyramids in Belgium. But these fell out of favor when several of them failed to clear the monoliths at Stonehenge. They crashed, and from then on it seemed like a better idea to use a ship...and so today we call it shipping. Of course they crash too sometimes and fall to the ground under the water but they are mostly dirty foreigners anyway.

[usmma.mid]

Cargo Ships (Container, break bulk, tanker, RORO) are by far a lot more economical. A plane can travel faster yes, but it can not carry nearly as much as a ship can. Its all about the money. The only problem in the shipping industry is that more companies are signing under foreign (non-US) flags (which reduces taxes they have to pay and the salary of its workers). The shipping industry is not going to sink (pardon the bad pun).

[Evolv5]

It is called shipping, not planeing. That is because at one time all things were moved by planes. They were un-powered hang-glider like planes, using wings covered in animal skins, and launched from pyramids in Belgium. But these fell out of favor when several of them failed to clear the monoliths at Stonehenge. They crashed, and from then on it seemed like a better idea to use a ship...and so today we call it shipping. Of course they crash too sometimes and fall to the ground under the water but they are mostly dirty foreigners anyway.

You and your Belgians.

"Shipping is more economically viable"

See, I even managed to insert a fancy word combination "econmically viable".
It's awesome having a sister who studies International Business Econmics.

[Kaapeli]

So He's pretty arrogant thinking that the shipping industry is going to die, SOON.

Not unless someone invents feasible anti-gravity or teleportation.

90% of the world trade happens by ship. It is by far the cheapest and most efficient way of mass transportation.
The gross tonnage increases millions of tons every year. There are no signs that the shipping industry would be losing it's share to any other means of transportation. On the contrary it's going up all the time as overseas trade increases in China, India and other developing nations that are constantly building larger merchant marines to facilitate that growth in trade.

It's simply impossible for other means of transportation to replace the shipping industry in the foreseeable future just by looking at the statistics.

[Rerg]

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I shall bring you death.

[Ordie]

Global logistics is going to grow no matter what mode of transport. For any business, time is money, how they produce or deliver products will need to consider cost.

Most major manufactuers are now depending on remote sub-contractors to produce parts and components. Many manufactuers have done away with excess real estate to store parts and sub components as a cost savings measure.

Therefore the movement of goods becomes critical regardless of the mode. Shipping, Rail and Airplanes.

It depends on the products.

The global trade in flowers is highly dependent on air travel. Where as the trade in rice or soybeans is dependent on shipping. Rail has made a comeback in the US as the transportation of cement is cost effective on rails but not on planes or trucks.

Keep in mind that transporting goods is automated to reduce caost and time. Containers ships have a crew of 20 and rarely stays no more than 6 hours in port. US freight rail traffic is dispatched from a single location in the mid-west.

[Daniel San]

Ships deliver.

[Yosy]

Cargo Ship VS Cargo Plane hum....

I''l just say this: 90% of the world's trade is seaborne. That pretty much says it all.

[digrar]

Australia will probably export 600 million tons of iron ore this year. That would take about 12 million flights to get it from the North West of Australia to China...

[ltrowley]

In a fight the airplane has the advantage of mobility, dancing around the ship whilst it lunges clumsily forward with slow yet devasting attacks. However, the ship retains its powers of massive strength and endurance, the aircrafts' flimsy aluminium hull will not withstand such brutal punishment. The aircraft however can soar to glorious heights and drop things on the ship, which is an obvious target, sihlouetted against the vast backdrop of the ocean. Invariably, however, the aircraft will soon tire and have to return to land, where the ship cannot reach it. The fight is doomed to end in stalemate.

I hope this clears things up.

[Calanen]

Cargo Ship vs. Cargo Plane.

So yea, I was in a heated debate with my friend about which is better.



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[Ghostwolf]

Both are all important, it all depends on the priority of the cargo and whether it's time critical or not.

[Zalmoxes]

New cargo ships are huge. They're expanding the Panama canal to fit them. "The ship's maximum load of 8,200 20-foot-long cargo containers could fill a train stretching more than 23 miles." Now you can at most fit two containers on a plane, so just think about that.