I love this:
Because the drones would be unlikely to receive government approval to fly over populated areas, they are designed to take off and land in the water. They don’t even have landing gears. The expectation is that after landing, they would taxi into a standard port, where cargo would be unloaded using cranes.
Well, because water landing rights for an amphibious 300,000# airfreighter are gonna be simple! Just land right there in Long Beach harbor and taxi on up to the docks. I'm sure such landing rights are gonna be just as simple in China, India, UAE, etc., because coordinating with the ships going in and out of those ports are going to be a snap.
Of course, there's also never bad weather or poor sea conditions right there by the docks.
All of which is just gonna save so much time and money!
I can't wait to see how the longshoremen "revolutionize" the freight industry after this thing arrives.
Good luck, and party on dudes.