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Default A really big ship

On Tue, 18 May 2021 19:51:58 -0400, Alex wrote:

True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 19:53:53 UTC-3, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 5/18/21 4:43 PM, True North wrote:
Not sure if anyone has much interest in boats or ships anymore but we have a special visitor in Halifax.
Supposed to be the biggest container ship to ever visit the east coast of North America and the Port of Halifax is first to host it


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ship-1.6030678

Wowser! Wonder how many gallons per mile it burns?
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I can only imagine!
I went to the ports arrivals and departures where it lists the Marco Polo at 174,000 G?T.
Not sure if that means fully loaded or dry. That's almost equal to two Nimitz class aircraft carriers.
One site compared it to the French aircraft carrier, Charles d'Gaulle. The French warship looked puny in the comparison graphic..


There are container ships that can hold about 50% more.


The record is a 2020 build HMM Algeciras at 228,283 tons (South Korea)

Marco Polo is 8 years old.