IML: Shipping overseas vs domestic costs

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Rob van der Es <R.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hmmm... still sounds like an awfull lot of money to
> me!
> 
> My car was shipped from Oakland, CA to Rotterdam in
> the Netherlands for only 
> $950.
> If I compare it for transport from LA to South
> Carolina $1350 seems a bit 
> steep don't you think?
> 
> Robert 


Gasoline prices have literally doubled in the last 2-3
years here.  I don't know what diesel is doing, but
presume similar inflation, which affects costs.  Was
$1.50 and is now about $3.25, so over-the-road costs
have increased significantly.

Shipping in a container across an ocean is a
comparative deal where there are 4+ cars to divide the
cost or where the container can also move via rail or
truck significantly lowers costs.  Also, the container
does not require a personal attendant/driver to get it
across the ocean, where a semi-truck does, so you have
to pay that person in a trucking scenario.



-K


 
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