The cost of shipping one supertanker from the United States to China has jumped to $80 million. To understand the scale: the launch of a commercial rocket SpaceX Falcon 9 today is cheaper - about #036;74 million. Bloomberg analysts point out that the logistics crisis has entered a historic phase: Deficit and bypasses: due to the length of routes and the massive load of raw materials on the Mediterranean Sea, an extreme shortage of ships appeared on the market. Adjusted for inflation, the cost of leasing tanks has broken records since the "tank wars" in the 1980s between Iran and Iraq. The oil paradox: although shipping through the Straits of Hormuz has almost recovered, oil prices have not fallen. The reason is precisely the "golden" logistics, the costs of which are now a significant part of the final buyer's price tag. Space technology is becoming cheaper, and Earth logistics are becoming affordable.

The cost of shipping one supertanker from the United States to China has jumped to $80 million. To understand the scale: the launch of a commercial rocket SpaceX Falcon 9 today is cheaper - about #036;74 million. Bloomberg analysts point out that the logistics crisis has entered a historic phase: Deficit and bypasses: due to the length of routes and the massive load of raw materials on the Mediterranean Sea, an extreme shortage of ships appeared on the market. Adjusted for inflation, the cost of leasing tanks has broken records since the "tank wars" in the 1980s between Iran and Iraq. The oil paradox: although shipping through the Straits of Hormuz has almost recovered, oil prices have not fallen. The reason is precisely the "golden" logistics, the costs of which are now a significant part of the final buyer's price tag. Space technology is becoming cheaper, and Earth logistics are becoming affordable.