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To stretch those economies of scale to the bigger and bigger ships, to get more and more tonnes or containers onto ships with using less and less fuel. but were pretty much running out of runway on the liner economics of doing that. and we will now have to go to these new greener fuels, which will also be more expensive in the future. weve also seen russia not only pull out of the grain export agreement with ukraine, but literally bomb the ports and the warehouses there. i mean, for the many cou...

Brought in ten containers to handle heat related deaths. what is the mortality rate of patients with these kind of injuries? >> unfortunately, these type of injuries have a much higher mortality than burns of equal size from other etiologies. i think that has to do with the fact that the burns tend to be much, much deeper. number two, the patients tend to be sicker or have other medical problems or substance abuse problems. >> you say the burns tend to be deeper. is that because of what you said...

New york. the fountains are going. people are staying cool. but the weather has been so hot for so long in so many places it is getting concerning. deadly heat. more than 30 states under alert. temperatures, record-braking. >> oh, my god. this is hell on earth. >> reporter: nowhere worse than phoenix, arizona. >> this sun reechlt day, night, never seen anything like it. >> reporter: a city accustomed to heat now overwhelmed by it. a new record, 15 days so far this year over 115 degrees. the morg...

But the fact that the grain now has to... is still required in africa or required in the indian subcontinent or required elsewhere. itll have to be routed in a different way. and it means that these big ships cant get alongside the harbours. theyll have to move the cargo overland to other port locations, potentially hundreds of kilometres or even 1,000 kilometres away. that is going to have a big impact on that supply chain in terms of additional cost, but also in terms of extra transit time as ...

Through as additional costs to the supply chain. so we have to factor that in. on the ocean side, weve, i think, done a lot of innovation on shipping to to stretch those economies of scale to the bigger and bigger ships, to get more and more tonnes or containers onto ships with using less and less fuel. but were pretty much running out of runway on the liner economics of doing that. and we will now have to go to these new greener fuels, which will also be more expensive in the future. weve also ...

We move actually a lot of rice in containers. and so we wont be moving so many containers of rice out of india. but the final markets where that indian rice was being consumed will now have to source rice out of other markets. so the product will still have to move. and its very similar with the fruit and vegetables, the proteins and the meats that we move. we often see some seasonality reason or some political tariffs coming in in one particular location, and therefore countries stop sourcing f...

Weather to comply as well. well, on that not so rosy point, kona haque, always great to see you. thanks for your time and well talk to you soon. thank you so much. okay. so once the crops have grown, they have to get around the world. and only recently, the supply chains, they were gripped in chaos following the covid pandemic. so how is all of this now playing out? well, my next guest runs one of the biggest freight, shipping and transport companies in the world. jeremy nixon, good to see you a...

Still in containers which are commodity related. so, you know, for example, the rice ban in india in the last couple of weeks, i mean, as an industry, we move actually a lot of rice in containers. and so we wont be moving so many containers of rice out of india. but the final markets where that indian rice was being consumed will now have to source rice out of other markets. so the product will still have to move. and its very similar with the fruit and vegetables, the proteins and the meats tha...

Getting de—vanned out of containers, and then its having to move by other land transport systems and that is all adding additional cost and and transit time to those products. so in some cases, probably adding two or three times the cost of conventionally moving it with a point—to—point or port—to—port container shipping operation. and jeremy, let me end on this. you and i have spoken before over the past few years about the whole supply chain chaos and how that sent the transportation...

And again, the costs? probably not so much grain is moving in containers. some does, but primarily its moving in these specialist type bulk ships. but the fact that the grain now has to... is still required in africa or required in the indian subcontinent or required elsewhere. itll have to be routed in a different way. and it means that these big ships cant get alongside the harbours. theyll have to move the cargo overland to other port locations, potentially hundreds of kilometres or even 1,00...