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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: StimpyStimpy Date: Sep 4, 2008 08:53
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:53:59 +0100, Adrian wrote
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>> Mmm... presumably, to get a single (say) 40 ton delivery a day from
>> London to Birmingham, you'd need 10 boats?
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> Assuming each boat could carry 40 tons, yes.
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> The one leaving today is the one that'll arrive in ten days time. The one
> that left yesterday will arrive in nine days, etc, down to the one that's
> just arrived left ten days ago.
Almost but not quite, if it's a 5 day journey, you need to allow for the
boats to get back to the original pick-up point as well (whether empty or
otherwise). Hence 10 days for a 5 day delivery
The same is, of course, true for lorries but the return trip tends to be
shorter than 5 days
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