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57 ships Anchored off shore of NJ, MD/VA
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My dad was a merchant marine. I know from his work that the last thing shipping companies want is for their vessels to be sitting still. They want to load it with cargo, then send it to its destination, where it is quickly unloaded and the whole process starts again. They don't make ANY money when a ship isn't moving.
So inbound ships sitting out past the continental shelf is probably a sign that they cannot proceed any further and have been instructed to wait. . There could be shipping channel issues (like the dredging mentioned above) or security issues.
Lets see if more and more of them keep stacking up out there. If none of them are coming into port, and ESPECIALLY if none are outbound, something's up.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20904099 Not true. Lots of ships dont only ship the cargo, they are also the owner of the cargo. You see this a lot with raw materials like oil for example. The Port of Rotterdam on a standard day has dozens of oil tankers waiting just outside the harbor, some ships wait for weeks untill the price of oil is high enough to deliver it in the harbor. A 1% change in price for a barrel of oil can mean millions of extra profit for a large tanker. I think our point is that it is strange to see and I saw it w my own eyes today. Ships out in the Atlantic off our coast are usually moving. Fishing for over 30 years and this I know is true
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