Christopher Coffman: the thing about these boats is that the private benefits to the shippers and their customers of bigger individual boats is substantial, while the social cost of big boats getting stuck is also quite substantial, and at some point, something’s got to give…literally and figuratively

BIG BOAT STUCK everyone gets the rest of the day off, that's the rules

The Cambridgeshire branch of the Ever Given Reenactment Society is at it again.

Cargo ship has grounded in the River Nene, Cambridgeshirewww.bbc.co.uk

DOUBLE BIG BOAT STUCK we get the rest of the week off now

We have one stuck in Germany, too www.spiegel.de/panorama/wan...

Wangerooge: Küstenmotorschiff auf Sandbank festgefahren – Fährverkehr gestopptwww.spiegel.de Beim Verlassen des Wangerooger Hafens hat sich ein Küstenmotorschiff auf einer Sandbank festgefahren. Für Urlauber hat die Havarie Folgen: Wohl bis zum Hochwasser am Nachmittag fahren keine Fähren.

the thing about these boats is that the private benefits to the shippers and their customers of bigger individual boats is substantial, while the social cost of big boats getting stuck is also quite substantial, and at some point, something’s got to give…literally and figuratively

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