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modrepub

(4,058 posts)
9. Probably Not Going To Work
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:08 PM
21 hrs ago

Replacing transport vessels like these ain’t like replacing personal cars and trucks. These vessels literally take years to construct. You lose one of these ships you ain’t moving cargo again for years. Yea some desperate shippers with old ships may take a chance but anyone still making payments on their vessel probably is not moving until they see lots of ships making it through.

And no LNG ships are going to move. If one gets hit and has a major uncontrolled fire, its blast radius will be many miles. Would not want to be a military escort for these ships unless I was 10 miles away.

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Paid for by US Taxpayers? Wouldn't it have been eaiser to not help Israel bomb Iran? FSogol 23 hrs ago #1
Any company would be foolish to take that risk based on the word of this admin. RockRaven 23 hrs ago #2
i just want health COVERAGE i can afford. uncle ray 23 hrs ago #3
So many billions. So little healthcare. -eom vanessa_ca 23 hrs ago #4
DUzy!!!!! mahina 10 hrs ago #17
Another case of him D. Spaulding 23 hrs ago #5
Let me guess. We are paying for it. AllyCat 23 hrs ago #6
TSF is very generous with taxpayer money. alwaysinasnit 23 hrs ago #7
Trump assumes they care about the lives of their employees as little as he does muriel_volestrangler 23 hrs ago #8
Probably Not Going To Work modrepub 21 hrs ago #9
Insuring material losses does not equate to making ship's captains and their crews suicidal. /nt artemisia1 21 hrs ago #10
There is an urgency to get fertilizer through? Bayard 21 hrs ago #11
$20 billion more added to the cost of war. James48 17 hrs ago #12
That isn't how reinsurance works FBaggins 2 hrs ago #18
Is the insurance going to protect the ships from Iranian drones and missiles? SamuelAdams 17 hrs ago #13
It's going to take more than insurance... Hugin 16 hrs ago #14
Ain't going to happen kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #15
Remember the good old days... WinstonSmith4740 10 hrs ago #16
Check to see how much oil stocks the Grifter in Chief, his clowns and leading repugs bought just before the announcement Wonder Why 1 hr ago #19
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