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Re: Huge impacts? Maybe just compared to the delays, disruption and costs of not using their preferred coal port
Author: BOB2
Date: 08-04-2024 - 04:41
Coal manager Wrote:
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> BOB2 wrote:
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> "And, with all of the discussions on AP most rails
> know that closing the Port of Baltimore had a huge
> impact on US rail coal exports to Europe and to
> south Asia, via Suez."
>
> Uh, no it didn't. All we did is shift exports to
> Newport News, VA on CSX and NS shifted theirs to
> Norfolk, VA. Those large terminals operate well
> below capacity and were easily able to handle the
> uptick.
"Uh".... Yeah, it did have an impact.
How huge? That's for all of these roads all that had to reroute all of that Baltimore coal traffic to determine after doing their books.
The Baltimore closure created a couple of weeks of disruptions and delays to do that, at an added expense in time, crews, equipment allocations, and other avoidable costs, to using their preferred option, to divert that traffic to the other ports.
And as to the "meme" about China being this huge export customer, that was the basis of this thread, this was only to demonstrate that the "assumptions" that were "assumed" in that meme were based on complete bullshit...
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> BOB2 wrote:
>
> "And, with all of the discussions on AP most rails
> know that closing the Port of Baltimore had a huge
> impact on US rail coal exports to Europe and to
> south Asia, via Suez."
>
> Uh, no it didn't. All we did is shift exports to
> Newport News, VA on CSX and NS shifted theirs to
> Norfolk, VA. Those large terminals operate well
> below capacity and were easily able to handle the
> uptick.
"Uh".... Yeah, it did have an impact.
How huge? That's for all of these roads all that had to reroute all of that Baltimore coal traffic to determine after doing their books.
The Baltimore closure created a couple of weeks of disruptions and delays to do that, at an added expense in time, crews, equipment allocations, and other avoidable costs, to using their preferred option, to divert that traffic to the other ports.
And as to the "meme" about China being this huge export customer, that was the basis of this thread, this was only to demonstrate that the "assumptions" that were "assumed" in that meme were based on complete bullshit...
| Subject | Written By | Date/Time (PST) |
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 Coal export notes
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buzz | 08-03-2024 - 16:24 |
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Re: Coal export notes
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buzz | 08-03-2024 - 17:16 |
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Re: Coal export notes? Too often, when we "assume", it often does...
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BOB2 | 08-03-2024 - 18:30 |
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Re: Coal export notes? (I made poor assumptions)
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buzz | 08-03-2024 - 18:42 |
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Re: Coal export notes "meme"? Try this, an interactive global map of every Country importing US coal...
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BOB2 | 08-03-2024 - 18:43 |
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Re: Coal export notes? Too often, when we "assume", it often does...
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Coal manager | 08-04-2024 - 04:01 |
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Re: Huge impacts? Maybe just compared to the delays, disruption and costs of not using their preferred coal port |
BOB2 | 08-04-2024 - 04:41 |
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Re: Huge impacts? Maybe just compared to the delays, disruption and costs of not using their preferred coal port
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Coal manager | 08-04-2024 - 06:22 |
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Re: Huge impacts? Maybe just compared to the delays, disruption and costs of not using their preferred coal port
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Ana Gtccx | 08-04-2024 - 07:00 |
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Re: What does it all mean Nancy?
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BOB2 | 08-04-2024 - 07:16 |