September 6, 2007: World's largest cargo ship - Page 2

dar512 · 09-07-2007, 10:30 AM

Why is it riding so high in the water in the last pic? I would think it would flip over in heavy seas that way.

glatt · 09-07-2007, 10:37 AM

Looks like it's been partially unloaded.

Coign · 09-07-2007, 10:40 AM

Not sure how big that is in relation to a aircraft carrier but I have heard it said boats that big don't even feel waves. It would take a hurricane to make a person on deck feel any motion at all.

Here is the size dimensions of the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier if someone can interpete the strange notation the Navy uses for size. If that is feet then that cargo ship is bigger.

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76)
Specifications
Class: NIMITZ

As built: Displacement: 77,600+ tons (98,235+ fl) — Dimensions: 1,040' wl (1,092' oa) x 134' (252' fd) x 37' / 317 wl (332.8 oa) x 40.8 (76.8 fd) x 11.3 meters

davegore · 09-07-2007, 10:53 AM

Hard to believe but it actually costs less to transport a container from China to Europe on the ship (which will be one of the ships probable routes) which is around 6000 miles than to transport it from the port where the ship arrives to it's final destination which is generally less that 50 to 60 miles

Dave

Gravdigr · 09-07-2007, 02:17 PM

Cruise speed-31 mph?? Jeez, you could ski behind that behemoth. Also, you don't usually see such a yacht-like pointy nose on a container vessel. It would make the Sultan of Brunei a nice little yacht conversion don't you think?

glatt · 09-07-2007, 02:46 PM

For a sense of scale, look at the Emma Maersk docked next to a normal sized container ship.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Also, you don't usually see such a yacht-like pointy nose on a container vessel.

That's only above the water line, though. Below the laden water line they could rent rooms in the nose.

Flint · 09-07-2007, 03:57 PM

It looks like a flat, fin-like projection to me. Especially in glatt's post, two up.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 04:03 PM

Flat? Do you mean narrow? It's narrow compared to the size of the ship, but still huge. Look at the width in Gravdigr's picture compared to the other boats.

Flint · 09-07-2007, 04:05 PM

I realize it's probably the width of a house, but it still qualifies as "pointy" as a feature on that particular ship.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 04:10 PM

I'll grant you that.

Flint · 09-07-2007, 04:12 PM

Oh thank you, my generous master.

Aliantha · 09-07-2007, 07:07 PM

It'd be a pretty wet place to live...in that pointy bit.

glatt · 09-07-2007, 07:27 PM

Anybody know what that pointy bit does? Why do modern ships have them? Seems counterintuitive. You would think a knife edge would slice through the water better and offer less resistance.

backwardhatclub · 09-07-2007, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Anybody know what that pointy bit does? Why do modern ships have them? Seems counterintuitive. You would think a knife edge would slice through the water better and offer less resistance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_bow

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09-07-2007, 10:53 AM	#19
davegore Resident-in-Training Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7	Cost Hard to believe but it actually costs less to transport a container from China to Europe on the ship (which will be one of the ships probable routes) which is around 6000 miles than to transport it from the port where the ship arrives to it's final destination which is generally less that 50 to 60 miles Dave

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	For a sense of scale, look at the Emma Maersk docked next to a normal sized container ship. Attached Images

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Looks like it's been partially unloaded.

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Cruise speed-31 mph?? Jeez, you could ski behind that behemoth. Also, you don't usually see such a yacht-like pointy nose on a container vessel. It would make the Sultan of Brunei a nice little yacht conversion don't you think?

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I realize it's probably the width of a house, but it still qualifies as "pointy" as a feature on that particular ship. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh thank you, my generous master. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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09-07-2007, 07:27 PM	#29
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Anybody know what that pointy bit does? Why do modern ships have them? Seems counterintuitive. You would think a knife edge would slice through the water better and offer less resistance.

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