Walmart Container Ship

[gray_marian]

Subject: Walmart Container Ship crosses from China to U.S. in just 5 days










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Walmart Container Ship crosses from China to U.S. in just 5 days




Have a good read of this right to the end…..
See the editorial under the last picture. That says it all!

The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping line, is shown in the photos below.



What a ship....no wonder 'Made in China ' is displacing North American made goods big time. This monster transports goods across the Pacific in just 5 days!! Another two will soon be commissioned..



These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to get their imported
goods from China ..... They hold an incredible 15,000 containers and

have a 207 foot deck beam!! The full crew is just 13 people on a ship

longer than a US Aircraft Carrier which has a crew of 5,000. With its

207' beam it is too big to fit through the Panama or Suez Canals ..........

It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31 knots.
The goods arrive four days before the typical container ship

(18-20 knots) on a China-to-California run. 91% of Wal-Mart products

are made in China. So this behemoth is hugely competitive even

when carrying perishable goods. The ship was built in five sections.

The sections are floated together and then welded. The command

bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs

that can operate simultaneously unloading the entire ship in less than two hours.

Additional info:
Country of origin - Denmark
Length - 1,302 ft
Width - 207 ft
Net cargo - 123,200 tons
Engine - 14 cylinders in-line diesel engine (110,000 BHP)
Cruise Speed - 31 knots

Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 cubic feet)
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.
















Editorial Comment!
A recent documentary in late March, 2010 on the History Channel

noted that all of these containers are shipped back to China, EMPTY!
Yep, that's right. We send nothing back on these ships.
What does that tell you about the current financial state of the west in crisis?
So folks, just keep on buying those imported goods (mostly gadgets)

until you run out of money. Then you may wonder what the cause of

unemployment (maybe even your job) in the U..S, UK, Canada and

even in Australia????

[gray_marian]

Hopefully, some kind soul will try and locate the missing pictures! If they don't mind, don't know where they have gone! Thank you, Marian

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Marian
If you just Copy and Paste the actual Link then all the Pics will show!
Seems you may have "Selected all" then posted that ,this way it will not give Pics!

So like this Link I will give !Cheers
Not the same one but gives the story!

http://eartheasy.com/blog/2010/11/su...mer-appetites/

[gray_marian]

Thank you Doc, It looks to be the same ship, less pictures. I did copy & paste!.....promise

Can't be good at everything.... I can change a tyre

[Doc Vernon]

Thank you Doc, It looks to be the same ship, less pictures. I did copy & paste!.....promise

Can't be good at everything.... I can change a tyre

No Marian
You must Copy and Paste the Toolbars actual Link,not the Text and Pics!
Like mine shown!
Cheers

[gray_marian]

Ok Doc, As a technophobe I feel a "blonde" moment coming on! I'm losing the will to live. Will ask sws [she who sighs]
daughter tomorrow to help. May be sometime! Enjoy your 'Aussie' weekend

PS, I did not have a "toolbar" to copy does this make sense?

[Doc Vernon]

Marian
All websites will have their link on a toolbar,at the top of your Browser.
Just as this site does.
Look at the top of your Browser page.
Cheers

It will have

http:// etc etc

[Des Taff Jenkins]

HI All.
Don't worry Gray-Marion your not alone in this cyber world.
Me thinks it wont be long before we are back to bum boats, they will build huge docks instead of shopping centers then we can drive down to the docks for our Chinese goods, think of all the savings in poor shopkeepers and staff standing behind counters, they can just get their feet up and watch Chinese TV eat Chinese food and the Govt can send all the money to the Chinese by post, Oh!!! I forgot no more post offices.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Though she has a crew of 13 for some voyages when doing the five day run she opperates with only 8.

[alf corbyn]

marian my love. if you can change a tyre does that mean you are waisted?. no the spelling I intentional.