On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:58:29 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Bill wrote:
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?

I think the QE2 got something like 12 inches per gallon.



I did a little research and they say between 49’ and a 125’ per gallon.
Don’t know,if that is Imperial gallon.

They were also doing a lot more than just pushing a ship through the
water and it was faster. This was a city floating out there. They used
a hell of a lot of energy sitting at anchor.