A cargo boat can hold quite a bit more product than a truck. Loading up 100s of containers with a small crew for cheap. No tolls or borders to cross. A single entity to manage/track. The benefits are huge vs trucking in many cases (which has its uses as well, of course).
Apparently driving around Africa is a lot more treacherous but wtf do I know I haven’t been a semen in almost thirty years.
A cargo boat can hold quite a bit more product than a truck. Loading up 100s of containers with a small crew for cheap. No tolls or borders to cross. A single entity to manage/track. The benefits are huge vs trucking in many cases (which has its uses as well, of course).