asperity Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Coming back to a discussion on here some time ago, there is a documentary on BBC 4 right now where my claim about the low cost of shipping by container is borne out. The cost of delivering, for example, a wide screen TV from Asia to the UK is less than the cost of delivering the same item from the shop to your house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 That's purely in terms of the volume you can get on a full shipbeing incredibly effective in fule miiles/costs? We are not in for another round of discussing special secret subsidies on bananas are we? Not sure I can cope with that again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 fule miiles? Are you on the Chardonnay already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 So are they saying that we should all buy from source Asp and collect on delivery to the country as it is far cheaper. Can you imagine all the queues of shoppers at the at the shipping ports waiting for their goods ro arrive.... the queues in Argos are bad enough But then again YOU could always collect them for us locals eh... When Peels Port gets up and running round here maybe they will offer a special 'delivery' service where they can launch ordered goods straight into people's front gardens as the boats pass down the Manchester Ship Canal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 fule miiles? Are you on the Chardonnay already? Blimey, Eagle, it's Sunday night, Cheslea scored EIGHT, I fed half the population of Lymm and did the washing up. If I've not earned a typo or two, it's a poor show!! Stone cold sober - I rarely drink - and I have work to do yet. Just a careless few seconds. Which is largely how I ended up with half the population of Lymm to feed, now I think about it!! Good to know you're watching us all like a hawk...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I too watched the programme 'the box that changed the world' the most amazing thing is that it took such a long time to invent something so simple, quick and cost effective. After all those years of unloading ships that had taken weeks now takes one to two days unloading/loading thousands of containers. No wonder the dockers were so worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Met a bloke on hols, who's job was programming container movements - all done on computer - he could work from home too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 And the point is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 no point, just info on the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway56 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Liverpool docks now handle far more cargo with the advent of containerisation than they did in the loose cargo days but containers met with great resistance from the militant dockers. Their judgement was that their work was being taken from them and they proposed that each container entering the port of Liverpool should be accompanied by a mini bus of dockers because they considered stuffing and stripping containers was exclusively their work...Can you imagine the size of the workforce should such insanity have prevailed ? Each morning there would be thousands of dockers in hundreds of mini buses leaving the docks and following the containers. As someone who spent half their working life sitting and waiting to deliver goods on the Dock Road in the 60's and 70's it gave me great pleasure in their demise...They were a bone idle good for nothing bunch of thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 My dear old dad was once a lorry driver for Crosfields and he used to tell me the tales of the Crosfields wagons queue jumping by handing out the great quality leather riggers gloves the drivers used to get! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 A major part of the container revolution was the elimination of manual labour costs from the process. very unfortunate for the workers who lost their jobs, but for the majority of people the benefits have been enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Funny things, containers. In the Netherlands some authorities use them as homes for people with anti-social behaviour, eg council tenants/delinquents who cause a nuisance to neighbours and the neighbourhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Sounds ideal for politicians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Do they transport them somewhere Sue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Do they transport them somewhere Sue? Observer, they live in containers as punishment with little or no amenities and is seen as a deterrent to others, sorry to disappoint but the containers are static. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 the human rights wallers would have a field day if we tried that over here. mind you they could always be set up next to the gypsy sites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 If the containers wern't secured properly on deck, and you had a bit of rough weather - ooops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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