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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Roland PerryRoland Perry Date: Sep 4, 2008 03:46
In message <6i9q3nFpls38U1@ mid.individual.net>, at 11:03:31 on Thu, 4
Sep 2008, John Williamson btinternet.com> remarked:>>Paying four people for a week to get them from London to Birmingham,
>>rather than one bloke for three hours, is huge.
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>The amount invested in buying the lorry, counted against (I'd guess) a
>quarter of that value of boat using about a quarter of the fuel per ton
>changes the figures a bit.
What do you think a cargo boat costs?
The fuel for a lorry from London to Birmingham is currently about
£1/mile I reckon, so £120. Let's say saving £100 against paying four
people for a week. If that's half the cost-saving (the rest being the
capital cost of the lorry/boat) you need to find people who will work
all day and sleep on a boat, for £50 a week. (Buying their own meals, of
course).
The other small matter is the transhipment at each end.
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Roland Perry
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