A great read after being away for the day. Everyone has put excellent points across the table and more so know they what they are talking about .cheers
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A great read after being away for the day. Everyone has put excellent points across the table and more so know they what they are talking about .cheers
Snoopy.
May pay to reread posts No.242 to No.255 on LPC thread.I spelt out the future,and the difference between import and export ports on 20-08-2010.
Anyone not knowing what these big ships are, that we are talking about, should Google Emma Maersk.
Hi Percy
POT will not see the e-class ships from the POT dredging such as the EMMA Maersk in the short term. She is a 11000 TEU ship and still far to big for POT as she is 397.7 m long. POT is aiming to upping to around the 6000 TEU ships.(twenty-foot equivalent units ) ,which is a 14 m draught,and 350 m long.Cheers
Another reason why POT can not take ships like the Emma Maersk is that she is to wide for the POT shore cranes.They are not long enough to reach across to the other side of the ship.They would have to Discharge/Load the Port side first and spin the ship around to Discharge/Load the Starboard side second.This would cause big ballast problems for the ship along with also ship hatch lid problems.
I did have a look at google Percy for the Emma Maersk. I have seen her before but still Wow she is a big girl. Also it is such a small world as you can see all the details of her and see exactly where she is now.
ie tracking 209 Deg southbound off the coast of Spain and doing 19.1 Knotts.
And if anyone wants to look she is in a spot of heavy shipping traffic also, if you zoom out of her once you push the "SHOW ON LIVE MAP "button.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/det...el:EMMA_MAERSK
Lastly do use this web site to look at the ships live around NZ Cheers
Thanks for site blocker3, certainly nicer to use than vesselfinder site.
Bit off topic I know but have a look at the traffic in the English channel - scary stuff if you are in a sailboat...
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