Why would you say im lazy ive spent 2 days and 8 hours of researching on how a shipping company works. It did come to mind that the US isnt exporting to China as much its importing. I made a calculation that for 1 ship bought second hand the costs including port fees, fuels and crew wages would cost about 200k pay trip. But can It double up each month. Say you go from the 1st of October to LA and from LA on the 15th back to China can you go back full freight?
That trading balance does offer a clear number. But the conclusion Im getting is that maybe instead of charging 1500$ per container they must either go half full from the US back to china or they have a lower transport fee. Say its not longer 1500$ per container but 750$ per container.
If that is the case (and how would I know that I cant where can I find this there is no talk about this). They make 1.2 million for China to LA and make probably about 400-500k from LA back to China. I dont know is this pretty realistic to whats happening. Ive manage to find that a crew will cost you about 4000$ a day but the information wouldnt say if its US or China crew.
Do I multiply that figure 6x to get the US number?
These are a lot of variable that I can only find online from people who work in the industry. What do you mean I`m lazy where was I suppose to ask these things?
What am I missing?