Damaged ships crowd Penang even though Singapore has more port capacity nearby. The campaign is also trying to build and repair about 2.5 million tons of shipping against a maximum construction capacity of roughly 700,000 tons. Sending ships to the smaller base lengthens a queue that is already far beyond the available industrial workload. A large fleet loses availability when damaged vessels accumulate in facilities that cannot absorb their tonnage. Bases, docks, and repair capacity determine how much of the fleet can remain operational.
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Repair capacity is a constraint on a global fleet
The campaign exposes a practical fleet-management problem: damaged ships must be sent to ports that can actually absorb their tonnage and sustain repairs.