Anyone know what an international cargo ship costs more/less?

[SaltyNuts]

Charters are sky-high - up to $200,000 a day for a container ship. And then you may well sit offshore for days/weeks waiting to unload at dock. We need more docks.

So when you say a charter is $200,000 a day, if I pay $1.5 million to buy a container ship, I can possibly "rent" (charter) it for like $200k a day? Even $100k or $50k a day would be killer. But that doesn't make a lot of sense... everyone would be buying container ships...

 

[IronWing]

So when you say a charter is $200,000 a day, if I pay $1.5 million to buy a container ship, I can possibly "rent" (charter) it for like $200k a day? Even $100k or $50k a day would be killer. But that doesn't make a lot of sense... everyone would be buying container ships...

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[Red Squirrel]

Need to just air lift it with a shit ton of helicopters. 😛

 

[MrSquished]

You have to pay this thing called a crew, from a captain to engineers and deck hands and others. Insurance. Fuel. Docking fees. It's not a very simple business.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah probably tons of overhead and regulatory red tape to deal with. The taxes probably get super complicated too because you're dealing with so many different jurisdictions.

 

[bbhaag]

Perhaps you don't need to charter your own freighter but instead a container on one. Very rarely does anyone need to charter their own freighter. Things have gotten a little desperate lately and you will see stories of companies like Home Depot, Target, and even Wal Mart chartering their own freighters but in all honesty it is out of your price range.

Have you considered buying space on a freighter instead? One cargo container can cost anywhere between $10K-25K depending on priority status.

 

[LikeLinus]

Why on earth are you people falling for this obvious trolling? Jeeze.

 

[IronWing]

Why on earth are you people falling for this obvious trolling? Jeeze.

He's entertaining and not too annoying. The other reason is that these threads tend to attract people who know what they're talking about and it's an opportunity to learn a little bit about topics obscure to my world.

 

[sandorski]

Why on earth are you people falling for this obvious trolling? Jeeze.

Who is to say, he might be trying to setup a Global Drug ring. He needs all the help he can get. Duh!

 

[BoomerD]

Perhaps you don't need to charter your own freighter but instead a container on one. Very rarely does anyone need to charter their own freighter. Things have gotten a little desperate lately and you will see stories of companies like Home Depot, Target, and even Wal Mart chartering their own freighters but in all honesty it is out of your price range.

Have you considered buying space on a freighter instead? One cargo container can cost anywhere between $10K-25K depending on priority status.

There was a story on last night's local news about the back-ups in the west coast ports. Pre-pandemic, shipping a container from Shanghai, CN to Seattle cost ~$1200. Now, $20,000 or more...and there's a several week backup to get loaded in Shanghai...and a couple of week wait to get unloaded in Seattle.

 

[bbhaag]

There was a story on last night's local news about the back-ups in the west coast ports. Pre-pandemic, shipping a container from Shanghai, CN to Seattle cost ~$1200. Now, $20,000 or more...and there's a several week backup to get loaded in Shanghai...and a couple of week wait to get unloaded in Seattle.

Exactly! Being in the retail space I've seen this and had my distributors explain all of this to me. This all started to happen well over a year ago and continues to be a problem. It's INSANE right now. Product I ordered over 16 MONTHS ago is just starting to arrive.....in 20+ years of doing retail I've never seen anything like this.