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Old 09-06-2007, 01:35 PM   #1
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September 6, 2007: World's largest cargo ship



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The ship is named Emma Maersk. The command bridge is higher than a 10 story building and 11 rigs that can operate simultaneously.

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Country of origin - Denmark
Length - 1,302 ft
Width - 207 ft
Net cargo - 123,200 tons
Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP)
Cruise Speed - 31 mi/h
Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3 container)
Crew - 13 people
First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006
Construction cost - US $145,000,000+

Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year.


Wow: it takes 13 people to transport 15,000 shipping containers? Quite low operating costs other than the fuel, I suppose, then. I guess if you were an accountant you could figure out the sunk costs, and then how much it would cost if it were sunk.

What would the engine for this beast look like? We've already covered that. Looking at the specs, 14 cylinder, 110,000 HP, that engine is the one powering this big-ass ship.

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Old 09-06-2007, 01:39 PM   #2
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What ports are able to accommodate this vessel?
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:59 PM   #3
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Something about those pics just doesn't seem right. Is it just the sheer size that makes me think it looks shopped? I assume it isn't, because what would be the point, but the turquoise seems too bright for the rest of the pics, especially in the first one. In the second one the edges seem to have a black line around them too.

Only 13 people on a ship that size -you could avoid seeing another person for days!
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Old 09-06-2007, 03:54 PM   #4
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13 men and a ten story building for a command tower?

How much does it have to suck when you are the bottom six guys on the totem pole and the captain says, "You six, you don't get your own floor of the tower, you have to share."
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Old 09-06-2007, 04:36 PM   #5
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I read they are planning to build 5 more just like it.
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Old 09-06-2007, 04:52 PM   #6
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Something about those pics just doesn't seem right.
It's brand new. you expect to see rust around the edges, maybe? that's what struck me....too clean and crisp.
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Old 09-06-2007, 05:12 PM   #7
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Can someone exstrapolate, if it was filled with IKEA furniture, how long would it take one guy to put it all together?

Either it's not brand new, it was brand new when they toke the picture, that silicone stuff really hold up, the Sept. 8, 2006 date for the first trip is wrong, or it's also a time machine.

If they shipwrecked on Gilligan's island, ....
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Old 09-06-2007, 05:23 PM   #8
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OH, YEAH! it's 2007 now.

holiday weeks always fuck up my calendar.
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Old 09-06-2007, 06:44 PM   #9
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I was going to ask what was inside, but now I know...its all engine and fuel tanks.
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Old 09-06-2007, 07:15 PM   #10
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Very impressive. But what happens if Al Gore decides it's causing global warming?
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:35 PM   #11
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Wow, fantastic pics!!

I posted about the ship a while back:

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Old 09-07-2007, 01:23 AM   #12
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Very impressive. But what happens if Al Gore decides it's causing global warming?
A big ship like that will consume less fuel per unit transported than a smaller one. Especially with a brand-new engine and silicone paint. The less fuel it burns, the less CO2 it'll push into the atmosphere.
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Old 09-07-2007, 04:41 AM   #13
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Yeah and 10,000 containers are lost overboard every year.. Now more can be lost!
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Old 09-07-2007, 07:00 AM   #14
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Yeah and 10,000 containers are lost overboard every year.. Now more can be lost!
Wow, yikes!
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Old 09-07-2007, 07:14 AM   #15
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Very impressive. But what happens if Al Gore decides it's causing global warming?

They'll probably start searching it for WMD. They'll send in the troops. It could take months. Maybe Osama is holed up in there -has anyone checked?
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