[BITList] Fwd: WALMART SUPPLY SHIP

[John Feltham]

You may have seen something like this before?

 



What a ship....no wonder 'Made in China ' is displacing North American 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 SuezCanals . 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.













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 wonder what the 
cause of unemployment (maybe your job) in the U.S. .. and Canada might be?

 







-- 
Ravi
# 23 Sector 37
Arun Vihar
Noida UP 201303
9891215510



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