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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 1848048" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>I was looking at this, as the basic unit of measurement on customs delays is the amount of time a refrigerated truck can keep its contents cold.</p><p></p><p>Digging though various articles on line, it looks as though it requires 0.5-1.0 litre of fuel per hour to maintain a refrigerated state for a truck, ignoring any need to drive the thing. Typical 44 tonne truck fuel tanks appear to hold around 500l of fuel. </p><p></p><p>Assuming the truck refilled before arriving at port and then refilled just after leaving it on the other side, let's take 30 litres out of that calculation. That leaves 470 litres of fuel. </p><p></p><p>If the truck is inefficient it will use 1.0l per hour, so we have 470 hours. That's still nearly 20 days stuck at a port waiting for customs to do their job. I just can't see that level of delay really occurring. </p><p></p><p>Obviously this is conjecture and guesswork, but can you really see delays of two weeks or more at the ports?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 1848048, member: 30007"] I was looking at this, as the basic unit of measurement on customs delays is the amount of time a refrigerated truck can keep its contents cold. Digging though various articles on line, it looks as though it requires 0.5-1.0 litre of fuel per hour to maintain a refrigerated state for a truck, ignoring any need to drive the thing. Typical 44 tonne truck fuel tanks appear to hold around 500l of fuel. Assuming the truck refilled before arriving at port and then refilled just after leaving it on the other side, let's take 30 litres out of that calculation. That leaves 470 litres of fuel. If the truck is inefficient it will use 1.0l per hour, so we have 470 hours. That's still nearly 20 days stuck at a port waiting for customs to do their job. I just can't see that level of delay really occurring. Obviously this is conjecture and guesswork, but can you really see delays of two weeks or more at the ports? [/QUOTE]
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