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Michal Pastwa
July 10, 2024 at 11:30 amqt: A 1km-long train can carry 100 teu, 200 teu if it is double-stacked, which means a 1,000km train would equal one ship./ unqt.
100.000 teu vessels are not available, yet. A 200km train could be compared with one ship, based on above calculation.