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The world's biggest ship - for 53 days
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| 8 January 2015
| Justin Parkinson
Posted on 01/10/2015 2:42:08 PM PST by moose07
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To: samtheman
Yep, 2,366 cubic feet at a time.
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posted on
01/10/2015 3:37:07 PM PST
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
To: SunkenCiv
“That’s a lot of Lego! “
LOL, that was a fun thread.
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posted on
01/10/2015 3:38:03 PM PST
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
To: proxy_user
Normally, yes.
The economies of scale with such a large ship will tend to make it less expensive to transport something on that ship than on a smaller one.
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I watched On the Waterfront recently and noticed that containers werent standardized even in the 50s.Container ships practically destroyed the Longshore unions.
To: moose07
These super-ships will continue to lower the cost of shipping and will make it possible to have virtually all manufacturing of durable goods done overseas (taking advantage of cheaper labor) so that the finished product can be shipped here on the cheap.
This will make product much more affordable to U.S. consumers while ensuring that labor unions are strangled the same way they've been strangling U.S. businesses for decades.
To: fso301
Sadly, most of the boxes do go back empty. It seems that USA’s main westbound exports are wood chips and scrap.
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I watched On the Waterfront recently and noticed that containers werent standardized even in the 50s. Container sizes are standardized by ISO (International Standards Organization). The design applies to rail, truck and air transport.
I know that JetWay Inc. was working on support equipment to load standard containers into 747-Fs. I would think that air service would require lighter materials to keep fuel consumption reasonable.
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
01/10/2015 3:58:26 PM PST
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: moose07
CRAP! That thing is bigger than my house!
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posted on
01/10/2015 3:59:04 PM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: moose07
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:08:03 PM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Cry if I Wanna
-— Container ships practically destroyed the Longshore unions. ——
A big plus. I wonder what percentage of cargo used to get stolen in transit.
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:11:10 PM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: moose07
I think I left my wallet in the 23rd container from the stern, 12 levels down, 34th carton in, 6 layers down; the brown box with a bar code on it.
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:13:47 PM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: Fester Chugabrew
*That container departs the ship at Singapore*
Please pass your details to the Port Authority,they will have a good ol’ laugh and be in touch. :)
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:16:35 PM PST
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
To: moose07
40 days, huh. The factory where I work still can’t get their bits and pieces here on time.
I’m not in supply-chain management, but when you have some junk made in China, other junk made in Mexico, other junk made in Poland ... things get complicated trying to put all the junk together to get a product out on time.
I don’t see why we can’t make some of these bits and bobs down the road in the US, but, what do I know?
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:22:40 PM PST
by
Cloverfarm
(Je suis Charlie ...)
To: Cry if I Wanna
Container ships practically destroyed the Longshore unionsContainers also drastically damaged the money supply to/power of the mafia as well.
To: moose07
There was a recent archaeology story about Cornwall, and apparently the derelict Legos arrive at different beaches sorted by the shape (each type arrives at a specific different beach). :’)
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:46:11 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I’ve heard that in parts of Lake St. Clair, the keel rides a foot or two above the lake bottom.
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:52:21 PM PST
by
cyclotic
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:55:39 PM PST
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
To: Fester Chugabrew
I used to work with a French guy. When he moved back to France, I heard that when his shipping container arrived, there was a family stowed away on it. It probably smelled worse than he did by Thursday. (Management actually had to talk with him about basic hygiene.)
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:56:49 PM PST
by
cyclotic
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To: moose07
The new Panama canal locks which should be operational in 2016 are big enough to take that ship.
1400 feet long - 180 feet wide - and 60 feet deep. -tom
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posted on
01/10/2015 5:34:12 PM PST
by
Capt. Tom
(Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
To: Capt. Tom
I know the beam on that new ship seems to be wider than the new canal locks but the beam might be measured at the gunnels, and at the waterline it should be narrower.
They put ships in those locks with about a foot clearance on each side.-Tom
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01/10/2015 5:39:19 PM PST
by
Capt. Tom
(Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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