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As the article says at the end, a key technology here is automation.

Lots of cargo isn't time sensitive, but paying a load of crew to take shifts sailing it slowly over the Pacific will kill the economic viability. Additionally, making it unmanned gets rid of a lot of the safety concerns, especially if you're going to use hydrogen and run them primarily over water.

Still, hard to see the advantages compared to container ships.



It seems about 2x faster plus overland capabilities should be great for some use cases that currently depend on canals.




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