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by eltondegeneres 1039 days ago
Do you have a source for energy use for container ship vs trucking?
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NhanH 1039 days ago
https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/pdf/transportation.pdf

End of page 129, start of page 130 (page 3 and 4 in pdf file).

Truck used twice as much energy consumption as all marine vessels. Dry cargo (there are a bunch of ships shipping oils and LNG too) is generally around 60% of marine vessels.

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K0balt 1038 days ago
It’s been a while since I did this comparison, but I’m pretty sure a little poking around on Google will get you close.
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