good points both
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.
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Damn... it looks like it’s made from LEGOs....
Seriously... :^)
Plus 10 ft lanes are a driver stress riser, especially for the trucks with 9 ft trailers.
good points both
Wow!
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.
How long to unload that thing?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AMB.. ATTSA MY Boat! She is beeg!
That sure is a lot of made in China labels.
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?
CMA CGM TEU?
Trump White House.
They should put horn rimmed glasses and a big stache on the front containers.
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
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