The overcapacity and costs tied up 92 percent of the public information technology budget, hindering other project which could have created value from being carried out.
In addition, the party who rejected the offer may lose their entitlement to certain attorneys' fees, compensable litigation costs and prejudgment interest.
Other aspects of economic impact include costs of altering shipping routes away from a disabled port, as well as delays from ports operating over capacity that receive the rerouted ships.