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See largest container ship on East Coast pass under Bayonne Bridge for 1st time (PHOTOS)
The Jersey Journal ^ | September 7, 2017

Posted on 09/07/2017 6:09:08 PM PDT by SMGFan

A new era for the Port of New York and New Jersey started this morning with the arrival of the largest ship to ever stop over on the East Coast. 

The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt sailed under the newly-elevated Bayonne Bridge today on its maiden voyage to the United States, as locals gathered at Dennis P. Collins Park to watch the massive ship's arrive.

Four times larger than the Statue of Liberty and the length of five football fields, the Theodore Roosevelt can carry more than 14,400 20-foot equivalent units (TEU). Owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, the ship made its way to New Jersey after navigating the new Panama Canal locks Aug. 22 and becoming the largest capacity ship to do so. 

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: bayonnebridge; cmacgm; containerships; eussr; france; globalagenda; globalism; killvankull; newarkbay; newjersey; newyork; statenisland
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To: Bon of Babble

Damn... it looks like it’s made from LEGOs....

Seriously... :^)


41 posted on 09/07/2017 6:59:48 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Plus 10 ft lanes are a driver stress riser, especially for the trucks with 9 ft trailers.


42 posted on 09/07/2017 7:04:05 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Bon of Babble

http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-08-25-2017.htm

Wyoming coolness...


43 posted on 09/07/2017 7:08:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Alberta's Child
good points both
44 posted on 09/07/2017 7:09:51 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Wow!


45 posted on 09/07/2017 7:10:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: noiseman

I spent a week this summer on the Kennebec River in Maine, about six miles below the Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine where they build a lot of Destroyers.

When I studied the charts I was amazed to see the channel was only 30 foot deep in spots. The ships go out at high tide when another six foot of water is on that, but none the less I didn’t believe that none of the hundreds of ships built at Bath for the last 110 years draft more than 30 foot.


46 posted on 09/07/2017 7:14:10 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Bon of Babble

How long to unload that thing?


47 posted on 09/07/2017 7:14:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Riding a steam driven passenger train had its unique moments.

Whereas a modern diesel electric just begins slowly rolling at startup, steam engines would start with taking up the ‘slack’ between car couplings. You could hear it start at the head of the train, chunk, chunk, chunk. Then your car would have its turn, suffering a jolt, then very slowly rolling as you could hear the chunk make its way to the end of the train. Then began another series of chunks, until all the slack was gone and you were moving.


48 posted on 09/07/2017 7:16:31 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Paladin2

Lucky Wyoming!

I’m going to miss it when I go to the LA County Fair this weekend. It had been there for years and years.


49 posted on 09/07/2017 7:16:44 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
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To: sparklite2

A few years ago we took the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge, which is an old steam train. It was a lot of fun but I was exhausted at the end of the day from being banged around - also the black smoke from the engine would get into the cars around the turns.

Still. Lots of fun and highly recommend.


50 posted on 09/07/2017 7:19:46 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
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To: SMGFan

It sure would be great if US industry was filling the containers with US goods sold to the rest of the world. That could be the case but I doubt it.


51 posted on 09/07/2017 7:43:20 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Very few super container ships plying the waterways. So not much use of the new locks in Panama. Somebody overestimated the big ship traffic and they are not getting a very good return on their investment.


52 posted on 09/07/2017 7:46:37 PM PDT by corkoman
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To: BeauBo

AMB.. ATTSA MY Boat! She is beeg!


53 posted on 09/07/2017 8:21:01 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: BeauBo

That sure is a lot of made in China labels.


54 posted on 09/07/2017 8:37:36 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: SMGFan

Someone please correct me if this is wrong, but I’ve been told that these gigantic container ships have very few crew as they go back and forth from here to China.

I was told it was not unusual for there to only be about five crew and that the food for the crew (there is a chef on board) is fantastic.

Anyone know if this is true or not?


55 posted on 09/07/2017 8:53:09 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Bon of Babble


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All around the limbo world
Gonna do the limbo rock
All around the limbo clock

Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock
56 posted on 09/07/2017 9:01:02 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Maine Mariner

CMA CGM TEU?


57 posted on 09/07/2017 9:48:19 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Paladin2

Trump White House.


58 posted on 09/07/2017 9:52:36 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: BeauBo

They should put horn rimmed glasses and a big stache on the front containers.


59 posted on 09/07/2017 9:53:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: sparklite2

The end of the coupling that fastened to those cars had about a 6” elongated vertical slot. A pin or bolt in the draft box kept it from pulling out. That is so you can move one car a foot before the next car starts rolling. It is the only way you can get a long multiple car train moving. One car at a time.

Now they have a combination of springs and shock absorber to keep it centered in the draft box. It will move against the spring until it overcomes the friction of the wheel bearings and that car moves. Then the draft gear on the other end of that car and the front of the next car repeat the process. It acts as a cushion for braking. It is all silent. Much better.

Here is a youtube. Sadly there is no sound. BVB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLxBarc0hWw


60 posted on 09/08/2017 12:26:55 AM PDT by Bobsvainbabblings
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