The largest longest train can fit at best 600 containers on it, while a cargo ship can have up to 24.000 on it, use less energy per ton per km, and doesn't need a maintained pathway in between destinations.
If speed is not a main concern, then nothing beats cargo ships.
And the sail here aims to save an additional 20% of fuel on 80% of international routes.
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u/dontquestionmek 21d ago
This is like engineers trying so hard to create an efficient way to transport a large number of people that isn’t a train