@zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoMaersk to use rail for some vessels to bypass Panama Canal amid droughtwww.reuters.commessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkMaersk to use rail for some vessels to bypass Panama Canal amid droughtwww.reuters.com@zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@gomp@lemmy.mllinkfedilink10•2 years agoFor a minute there, the title fooled me into thinking the actual vessels were bypassing panama via rail…
minus-square@taladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•2 years agoThere have been systems like that to replace locks in the past. Not for the whole of the country of course but essentially wide rails that lift a shift up a hill along some rails.
minus-square@Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThe ships will be pulled overland Fitzcarraldo style.
For a minute there, the title fooled me into thinking the actual vessels were bypassing panama via rail…
There have been systems like that to replace locks in the past. Not for the whole of the country of course but essentially wide rails that lift a shift up a hill along some rails.
The ships will be pulled overland Fitzcarraldo style.