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Cargo Airships Are Happening

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220 points elidourado | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.435s | source
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fernly ◴[15 Oct 24 04:11 UTC] No.41844873[source]▶
Maybe a smaller issue than wind, but something is wrong with this claim:

"If you can pick up goods directly from a customer on one side and deliver them directly to a customer on the other..."

How do you handle customs inspections and duties on imports? As TFA states, in current air freight, "there is a trucking company, a warehouse, a customs broker..." Freight has to go through the warehouse on arrival in-country so the customs inspectors can look at it and assess duties. The article seems to envision the airship dropping down directly at the destination address, which would be that nation's customs agency's worst nightmare.

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nielsbot ◴[15 Oct 24 04:35 UTC] No.41844985[source]▶
Yeah--I came here to highlight this too. I think all the legacy systems around international shipping won't permit direct to consumer pick up and delivery. Unless someone can show me an existing example?
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1. mcculley ◴[15 Oct 24 13:01 UTC] No.41848123[source]▶
In the U.S., a shipping company that is also a registered “Importer/Exporter of Record” can move stuff directly.

I ran a tugboat business and we had all of the required paperwork to file directly with U.S. Customs.

In many cases, we moved cargo too big to be transferred at a port or terminal.

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2. dotancohen ◴[15 Oct 24 17:01 UTC] No.41850613[source]▶

  > I ran a tugboat business
Wildly OT, but this company and informed discussion is what kept me on /. and keeps me on HN.