Transport of a tanker from China to the United States has become more expensive than launching a rocket; transporting oil in a tanker from the United States to China now costs about $80 million, while a regular launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket costs $74 million. Bloomberg drew attention to this and quoted data from ship broker Gibbs. The reason was the lengthening of routes and oil loading at sea, which led to an extreme shortage of tankers and a sharp rise in their charter rates. Considering inflation, transport prices have reached historic highs, even surpassing the level of the “tanker wars” of the 1980s, when Iran and Iraq attacked commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. The growing complexity and cost of logistics is what keeps oil prices high, despite the return of flows through the Hormuz Strait to levels almost before the war. Transport costs have become a significant part of the final price for the end buyer. | MAX | ספונסר.ru

Transport of a tanker from China to the United States has become more expensive than launching a rocket; transporting oil in a tanker from the United States to China now costs about $80 million, while a regular launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket costs $74 million. Bloomberg drew attention to this and quoted data from ship broker Gibbs. The reason was the lengthening of routes and oil loading at sea, which led to an extreme shortage of tankers and a sharp rise in their charter rates. Considering inflation, transport prices have reached historic highs, even surpassing the level of the “tanker wars” of the 1980s, when Iran and Iraq attacked commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. The growing complexity and cost of logistics is what keeps oil prices high, despite the return of flows through the Hormuz Strait to levels almost before the war. Transport costs have become a significant part of the final price for the end buyer. | MAX | ספונסר.ru