Edwin's coal loading math:
His goal: 2,000,000 MT this year
The normal geared ship would be 70,000 DWT
He would need 28 shipments minimum
The loading rate at the port is 8,000 MT a day (weather permitting)
Each ship takes a minimum 8 days to load (probably 9). This is just the loading phase. Takes time to get into port, etc.
Just loading time alone would be 224 days minimum (probably 252 days). Based on one ship at a time. Which is probably why he originally stated they were going to do biweekly shipments. Each ship is going to take over a week in port.
Now you may say "He'll just schedule more ships in port at the same time"
Ok...Because he's a logistics expert right? After all, after almost 2 months we have an export license don't we?
He's now wasted all of January. Let's say he starts shipping Feb 1 (yeah right). That leaves 334 days. Good luck.
