The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish
shipping line.

&...



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!! This is one of
three ships presently
in service, with another two ships commissioned to be completed in 2012.

These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to get all their
goods and stuff from China . They hold an incredible 15,000
cartons 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 it's 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 4 days before the typical container ship
(18-20 knots) on a China -to-
California
run.

91% of Walmart 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 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.


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 this country? Just keep 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. and Canada might be????



'Nuff said ??