Because it takes a few years for big freighters to be built, those orders are continuing to float out of dry docks toward drastically reduced returns for bulk shipments.
Well, for a long time now, even conservationists and environmentalists have claimed the econmics are just not there for bulk shipments of water on the oceans of the world.
Bulk shipments of lithium batteries, which are ubiquitous in our daily lives and enable us to connect via cell phones, computers and cars, pose a real threat on airliners.
Merge in transit can operate on an international basis, in which bulk shipments from different sources are merged and sent to customers, such as large reseller channels, as one shipment.
Many passenger airlines have voluntarily banned bulk shipments of lithium-ion batteries because of the dangers they pose, and we fully support these actions.