[BITList] Fwd: China to Walmart

[Michael Feltham]

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From: "Don Crellin" 
Date: 15 April 2010 14:42:00 GMT+01:00
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Subject: Fw: China to Walmart

 

 
Subject: Fw: China to Walmart
 




 
 
 



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 See the editorial under the last picture.
That says it all!

Here's the 'skinny' !

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 about 5 days!!! 

 
   
 
    This is how Wal-Mart gets it's stuff from China . 15,000 containers and a 
    207' deck beam! 

    The crew-size: 13 people on a ship longer than a  US  aircraft carrier
(which has a crew of 5,000). 

    Notice that 207' beam means it cannot fit through the Panama or Suez Canals  . 

           It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31 knots. 

    The goods arrive 4 days before the typical container ship (18-20 knots) on 
    a China-to-California run. So this behemoth is hugely competitive when 
                   carrying perishable goods.
 
        The ship was built in five sections. The sections 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.
 

   
 
        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.

  
And each crew man gets his own FLOOR

  

  


  


  


  
Editorial Comment!

A recent documentary in late March on the History Channel noted that nearly 
all of these containers are shipped back to China , EMPTY. Yep, that's right. 
We send nothing back on most of these ships. What does that tell you about 
the current financial state of this country? Just keep buying those imported 
goods (mostly gadgets) until you run out of money. 

Then you may wonder what is the cause of unemployment.

‘Nuff said ??

This message, if any, surely deserves forwarding, doesn't it ?





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