Tankers in the U.S. merchant fleet, which are inspected by the Coast Guard, adhere to some of the strictest regulations in the world. But U.S. ships now make up as little as 3 percent of the world tanker fleet, and account for less than half the tanker visits to San Francisco Bay.
Nobody wins a trade war but its the citizens and businesses that suffer not governments. Not a single member of congress would be sent home without a paycheck. We import over 60% of all our oil. 700 tankers come in to the SF bay daily and thats but one port. A oil embargo of but 30% would be grimier than our worse depression and would result in at least a 20% unemployment rate in a few months. Our GDP would plunge, our debt would skyrocket if any countries would buy our securities. Meanwhile that oil would be sold to India and China who are restricted by lack of oil and they would become much stronger. In addition what is it that we have to trade that Islam countries must have and cannot and already do obtain from Europe. If they insisted on being paid in euros rather than dollars the dollar would no longer be the worlds primary currency and that movement is already afoot. The three largest shipping lines in the world are Hutchinson of Hong Cong, DPW of UAE and a Indonesian shipping company. Two are Islam and one is of China. Yet it may be possible to win such a war but it would remain a hardship for Americans for many, many years and we may never regain our former status. Have your war!!!!
Better check that stat. That is a lot of traffic to manage even without unloading time. That is one tanker entering the bay every two minutes 24 hours a day. At that rate they would be lined up half way across the Pacific.
How many unloading spots do they have, how long does it take to unload each tanker, do they take on something else or leave empty?
That number sounds way too large to me.