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World's largest capacity container ship embarks on maiden voyage
gizmag ^
| December 7, 2014
| Darren Quick
Posted on 12/08/2014 5:37:47 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
The world's largest capacity container ship has set off on its maiden voyage. Measuring 400 m (1,312 ft) in length and 58.6 m (192 ft) wide – or the size of four soccer fields for those more familiar with that alternative unit of measurement – the CSCL Globe can carry 19,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) shipping containers.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: container; containership; ship; shippingcontainers
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Definitely the most powerful Hyundai I’ve seen....
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:40:27 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, Convict, Deport)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Impressive! Too bad it wouldn't fit into my fantasy marina slip.
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:41:53 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
" ...the size of four soccer fields" Is that like a foot ball field?
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:42:11 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
To: Baynative
Bigga
Football is 100x53 yds
Soccer is 110x75 (on average)
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:44:29 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, Convict, Deport)
To: nascarnation
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:46:55 PM PST
by
Klemper
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I remember a time when America could have built that.
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:47:11 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Remember! When the GOP wins, it means the stupid American voters want bipartisanship.)
To: goldstategop
Where’s the solar panels and windmills to make it Erf friendly?
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:47:26 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Almost as big as Bruce McCall's RMS Tyrannic, but does it have a polo field for those dreary mid-Atlantic crossings?
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:48:52 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: nascarnation
I left the imported seafood biz in 2002, and even back then the containerships were huge...this is mind boggling.
Rough seas can cause these flattops to lose a whole lot of containers to the depths....we lost a 40 footer of West Australian lobster tails in such an event -- the insurers shat smoothies for months, but paid in the end.
40,000 pounds at an average price of around 18-20 bucks a pound...the math explains it.
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:49:32 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: goldstategop
Make a hell of an aircraft carrier.. I'm sure there conversion plans just in case
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:50:49 PM PST
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
MAN two stroke - 77,000 hp
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:51:58 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, Convict, Deport)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I always ask ... why ?
That thing is not designed to go from port to port like a Carnival cruise ... and there aren't too many places that can dock the thing, so it's destination can only be to one or two places.
Where are they .... the US ? .. Europe ?
What kind of logistics have to be in play in order for this thing to be utilitarian ?
I got a TON o' questions
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:53:22 PM PST
by
knarf
To: SWAMPSNIPER
If it’s the largest capacity container why don’t they say exactly how many Coulombs it can contain?
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:53:37 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The first of 5 of these monsters.
This monster can move goods at a RIDICULOUSLY LOW unit cost per container.
An article I read stated that the cost to load/unload, in some ports (US West Coast), will exceed the cost of moving containers from the factory, to a Chinese port, loading them on the ship, and moving it across the Pacific.
Which is why they will be unloading in Mexico, not a US port, with the goods moving into the US by rail (Lazaro Cardenas).
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:54:33 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
Ahhhh ... you just answered one of my concerns
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:56:04 PM PST
by
knarf
To: mrsmith
I see what you did there. Nice
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:56:29 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Hard to get excited about another cog in the engine of the destruction of American manufacturing and power.
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posted on
12/08/2014 5:58:05 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The draught stated in the article can’t be correct.
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posted on
12/08/2014 6:00:16 PM PST
by
barmag25
(There is nothing that a man needs that he can't find in the North Georgia mountains.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Eventually we will have ships that are 25 miles long, five miles wide and about 200 stories high.
That's about 1/5 the size of Long Island by the way.
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