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by ForHackernews 4272 days ago
Marine shipping in cargo containers is frighteningly efficient. In 2002, the cost was $0.001 per mile per ton[0] Good luck beating that price with a drone. It'll cost more in electricity to fly a drone-package across town than to move a cargo container across the ocean.

[0] http://richardtorian.blogspot.com/2012/01/cost-per-ton-mile-...