By sea is an extremely direct route, and by land isn’t an option, so yeah, the only comparison left is by air. And shipping by air is less efficient in all respects except time.
So saying this route is especially inefficient by sea is just a confusing statement.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe if you ship it from the very South of Argentina (maybe they do?), otherwise it’s a significant detour to go around South America whichever way you go.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just looked it up, it’s a huge distance between Thailand and Argentina, about 17,000 km if you were flying. Going around the tip of South America adds an extra 1000 km, making the trip 5% longer. Meh.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What are you saying? It’s longer. That’s my only point. Are you saying it’s not longer… “enough”? What’s the deal here, what are we doing?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, yes. It isn’t longer enough to make sea travel anything but the most efficient method to ship something.