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The extra time also creates costs beyond the freight bill. More cargo must remain at sea to maintain regular deliveries, tying up finance.
Larger buyers may manage that burden, while smaller importers have to buy less or accept longer, much less predictable waits.
#SupplyChains 7/9
Timing matters especially for fertiliser. A shipment arriving several weeks after farmers need to apply it may still count as delivered, but cannot necessarily recover its value to that season's crop.
An oil pipeline offers no alternative route for those cargoes.
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Crews also live through every repeated change of voyage plan. Longer voyages and uncertain arrival dates can disrupt relief arrangements and extend time away from home.
Keeping trade moving depends on people whose need for safety, rest and replacement does not disappear.
#Seafarers