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  • Vale's megaship sails to China and into the record books

    01/08/2012 9:23:20 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 29 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 1/8/2012 | Emma Rowley
    Longer than the Eiffel Tower, wide as a football pitch and with the capacity for more than 11,000 trucks, the first of a record-breaking fleet of giant ships has completed its maiden voyage to China. Onboard the Berge Everest was around 350,000 tonnes of iron ore, according to industry sources, enough to make the steel for more than three Golden Gate bridges. After unloading its cargo at the port of Dalian, the vessel has started its journey home to Brazil, it emerged last week. The ship's arrival was momentous, because of both its scale and the scale of the gamble...