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Cargo Airships Are Happening

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220 points elidourado | 5 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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voidUpdate ◴[15 Oct 24 13:00 UTC] No.41848119[source]▶
> "But for air freight service, end-to-end delivery takes a week or more, involving multiple parties: in addition to the air carrier and freight forwarder, at both the origin and destination, there is a trucking company, a warehouse, a customs broker, and an airport. Each touchpoint adds cost, delay, and the risk of theft or breakage."

How does an airship solve any of those problems? Its still got to go through customs and such, and still go through local truck delivery

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Thorrez ◴[15 Oct 24 13:21 UTC] No.41848306[source]▶
I'm not sure about how they solve customs, but the picture shows an airship dropping cargo directly off at a warehouse (avoiding trucks).
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MichaelZuo ◴[15 Oct 24 14:04 UTC] No.41848726[source]▶
How will the airship and its cargo clear customs at a random warehouse with presumably no staffing of border agents?
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1. patl ◴[15 Oct 24 14:30 UTC] No.41849021[source]▶
Maybe it's still a customs/border facility. It can just be inland now, away from the very expensive waterfront/costal property
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2. dylan604 ◴[15 Oct 24 14:53 UTC] No.41849247[source]▶
Would that inland facility still have a 100 mile jurisdiction boundary around it as well?
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3. withinboredom ◴[15 Oct 24 15:24 UTC] No.41849566[source]▶
Yes, of course, with a grid of these facilities across the country.
4. DowagerDave ◴[15 Oct 24 16:57 UTC] No.41850567[source]▶
the reason that property is so expensive is because that's where the people are. There's no point in avoiding the biggest cost of air freight - getting goods to consumers who don't live near the limited freight hubs, if you land it in the middle of nowhere and now need to ship by rail or truck AND last mile delivery
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5. nickff ◴[15 Oct 24 17:37 UTC] No.41850982[source]▶
There are lots of people inland and away from sea ports. Many hubs of industry (such as Wisconsin which makes many mechanics' tools) could take advantage of this if it were available.