>>1653644>30 crew members salary vs 3000 crew members salaryNGMI
To put into perspective.
Shanhai - LA route is 19270 miles. 100 days travel. 3000 people working 12 hours shifts is 3613125 man*hours. At $15/hour wage it is $54 millions salary pay per 100000 tons delivered.
100000 tons ship (4000 TEU) burns 75 tons of bunker fuel per day. 40 days travel. 2810 tons of fuel. $560 per ton is $1.5 millions of fuel costs.
And we are not yet talking about logistics, time and fees for docking and unloading 100 ships vs 1.
Oh wait, what is salary? Workers work rent free!!!
>t communist