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greenandgoldon Aug 28, 2011 8:46pm
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RE: RE: More on Scale
RE: RE: More on Scale9 weeks of open water at Foxe Basin = 63 days. Is this enough time to ship 5 million tonnes of iron ore? Doubtful. If they build a port big enough to handle 200,000 tonnes bulk carriers, they would still need 25 shiploads in 63 days.
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63 days divided by 25 = one ship loaded every 2.52 days. They'd need a fleet of bulk carriers to make that happen. The logistics look impossible, especially if shipping to Asia.
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If 5 million tonnes of iron ore to Asia is going to happen, year-round shipping with massive ice-breaking bulk carriers seems to be the only solution.