The Logistics of Santa Claus

IF THE AVERAGE PRESENT IS AND THERE ARE 1.96BN CHILDREN IN THE WORLD! NOT COUNTING ELVES! 50CM LONG, 30CM WIDE & 20CM DEEP THE LOGISTICS OF SANTA CLAUS SANTA IS BUSY AT CHRISTMAS - A 20FT SEA-FREIGHT CONTAINER • TEUS ARE TWENTY FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS WE ALL KNOW SANTA DELIVERS THE EQUIVALENT OF 1,696,970 TEU'S IN ONE NIGHT! BUT FROM A LOGISTICS POINT OF VIEW JUST HOW BUSY EXACTLY? HOLDS 35M OF FREIGHT IN ORDER TO DELIVER ALL THE PRESENTS HOW IT WOULD TAKE THE BY AIR, A FLEET OF 3,000 WORLD'S LARGEST CARGO SHIP SANTA DELIVERS BY AIR ANTONOV AN-225 AIRCRAFT THE MSC OSCAR WELCOME TO MY WAREHOUSE IAM CONG AS FAST ASI CAN WOULD BE NEEDED EIGHTY NINE TRIPS TO DO THE SAME! CAN THE REST OF YOU KEEP UP PLEASE, IF THE PRESENTS WERE THESE PRESENTS NEED TO BE DEUVERED THIS YEAR NOT NEXTI LAID END-TO-END THEY WOULD I GUESS THEY WOULD NEED A PLANE BIGGER THAN SANTA'S WAREHOUSE STRETCH AROUND THEN. THE EQUATOR 24 TIMES! SHIPPING CLEARLY WOULDN'T BE FAST ENOUGH QUITE THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND OF COURSE SANTA AND THE ELF ARMY IN LAPLANDI FROM GO SUPPLY CHAIN COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST CHILDREN BY CONTINENT COUNTRIES WITH THE FEWEST CHILDREN BY CONTINENT CONSULTINGI MONACO - 36,136 CHINA - 1,361.340.000 BRAZIL - 201,032,714 BRUNEI 102,222 13% 35% 446 AUSTRALIA - 23.263.862 20 SEYCHELLES - 90,945 INDIA - 1.237.050.000 MALDIVES 85,666 23% WE ARE BETTER OFF LEAVING IT TO SANTA, 195 27% WITH HIS ARMY OF ELVES AND FLVING REINDEERI 31% FRANCE - 65,806,000 URUGUAY - 3,286,314 20% 26% 23% NIGERIA - 173,615.000 24% NAURU 9,945 UNITED STATES - 317,161,000 ST KITTS & NEVIS - 54.,000 DID YOU KNOW? THERE ARE 383 MILLION CHILDREN IN INDIA ALONE BUT ONLY 3.500 CHILDREN IN NAURU GO SUPPLY CHAIN -CONSULTING