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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 |
A really big ship
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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * |
A really big ship
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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. |
A really big ship
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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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. |
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True North Wrote in message:r
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 ithttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/marco-polo-halifax-breaks-record-biggest-cargo-ship-1.6030678 That's a tiny bit longer than the old deisel powered carrier that I served on. Much larger war and other ships exist today. -- Thanks Donald. Do you miss him yet? ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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On Tue, 18 May 2021 18:53:50 -0400, 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? :) About 65-70 based on what I read and it is roughly 3% more efficient than it's closest competitor. BTW you can hitch a ride in a typical cruise ship style cabin or suite for ~$120-180 a day double occupancy. (11 cabins in various trims). No pool, spa or casino and I doubt you are getting baked Alaska at dinner. |
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On Tue, 18 May 2021 16:15:01 -0700 (PDT), 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. Gross tonnage is 176546 (probably metric tons). |
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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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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. |
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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. |
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On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:22:06 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Keyser Sze 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. Spoofer alert! -- Thanks Donald. Do you miss him yet? ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
A really big ship
On Tue, 18 May 2021 20:53:32 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:r 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 ithttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/marco-polo-halifax-breaks-record-biggest-cargo-ship-1.6030678 That's a tiny bit longer than the old deisel powered carrier that I served on. Much larger war and other ships exist today. Spoofer alert! -- Thanks Donald. Do you miss him yet? ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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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. |
A really big ship
On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:58:29 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Bill wrote: Keyser Sze 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. Dont know,if that is Imperial gallon. Spoofer troll roomba alert! -- Thanks Donald. Do you miss him yet? ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
A really big ship
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. |
A really big ship
On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote:
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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage. -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * |
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Keyser Sze Wrote in message:r
On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:58:29 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Bill wrote: Keyser Sze 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-scotia/marco-polo-halifax-breaks-record-biggest-cargo-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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage.-- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * Thats exactly what we expect you to say. You wish misery and grief on others because you are a miserable old coot down on your luck. Have a crappy day. -- Thanks Donald. Do you miss him yet? ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
A really big ship
On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:15:02 PM UTC-4, 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. === It has a single diesel engine rated at 107,390 hp. Top speed for the Marco Polo is 25 kts but probably operated a bit slower at around 20 kts. At that speed it would burn about 4,000 gallons per hour or 200 gallons per nautical mile. At 6076 feet per nm, it would burn a little over 30 gallons per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Marco_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A...Sulzer_RTA96-C |
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On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:05:29 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:15:02 PM UTC-4, 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. === It has a single diesel engine rated at 107,390 hp. Top speed for the Marco Polo is 25 kts but probably operated a bit slower at around 20 kts. At that speed it would burn about 4,000 gallons per hour or 200 gallons per nautical mile. At 6076 feet per nm, it would burn a little over 30 gallons per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Marco_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A...Sulzer_RTA96-C Correction: Make that 30 feet per gallon, not 30 gallons per foot. |
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On 5/20/21 12:12 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:05:29 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:15:02 PM UTC-4, 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. === It has a single diesel engine rated at 107,390 hp. Top speed for the Marco Polo is 25 kts but probably operated a bit slower at around 20 kts. At that speed it would burn about 4,000 gallons per hour or 200 gallons per nautical mile. At 6076 feet per nm, it would burn a little over 30 gallons per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Marco_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A...Sulzer_RTA96-C Correction: Make that 30 feet per gallon, not 30 gallons per foot. Good grief...even with high speed fuel pumps, it must take a long time to refuel that monster. -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * |
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Keyser Söze wrote:
On 5/20/21 12:12 PM, wrote: On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:05:29 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:15:02 PM UTC-4, 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. === It has a single diesel engine rated at 107,390 hp. Top speed for the Marco Polo is 25 kts but probably operated a bit slower at around 20 kts. At that speed it would burn about 4,000 gallons per hour or 200 gallons per nautical mile. At 6076 feet per nm, it would burn a little over 30 gallons per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Marco_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A...Sulzer_RTA96-C Correction: Make that 30 feet per gallon, not 30 gallons per foot. Good grief...even with high speed fuel pumps, it must take a long time to refuel that monster. I watched the fuel barge to a cruise ship one time. Probably an 8” hose. |
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On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:25:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: 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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage. The surprising thing is if people learned anything about hand sanitization from this Covid mess, that might be far less of a problem. We never got sick on a cruise but we have always been serious about washing our hands. We even wipe down the area around our airplane seats with disinfectant wipes. We used to get funny looks about it but now I suspect more people will be doing it ... until they forget. |
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On 5/20/21 8:57 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:25:58 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: 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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage. The surprising thing is if people learned anything about hand sanitization from this Covid mess, that might be far less of a problem. We never got sick on a cruise but we have always been serious about washing our hands. We even wipe down the area around our airplane seats with disinfectant wipes. We used to get funny looks about it but now I suspect more people will be doing it ... until they forget. Washing hands is helpful, but it won't prevent food poisoning, and that apparently is not infrequent on the cruises. -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * |
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On Thu, 20 May 2021 18:14:43 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Keyser Sze wrote: On 5/20/21 12:12 PM, wrote: On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:05:29 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:15:02 PM UTC-4, True North wrote: On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 19:53:53 UTC-3, Keyser Sze 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? :) -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * 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.. === It has a single diesel engine rated at 107,390 hp. Top speed for the Marco Polo is 25 kts but probably operated a bit slower at around 20 kts. At that speed it would burn about 4,000 gallons per hour or 200 gallons per nautical mile. At 6076 feet per nm, it would burn a little over 30 gallons per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_CGM_Marco_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A...Sulzer_RTA96-C Correction: Make that 30 feet per gallon, not 30 gallons per foot. Good grief...even with high speed fuel pumps, it must take a long time to refuel that monster. I watched the fuel barge to a cruise ship one time. Probably an 8 hose. Did that make you jealous? |
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On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:48:12 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:
Keyser Sze Wrote in message:r On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:58:29 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Bill wrote: Keyser Sze 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-scotia/marco-polo-halifax-breaks-record-biggest-cargo-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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage.-- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * Thats exactly what we expect you to say. You wish misery and grief on others because you are a miserable old coot down on your luck. Have a crappy day. You're such a little whiny bitch! |
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On Thu, 20 May 2021 20:57:27 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:25:58 -0400, Keyser Sze wrote: On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:58:29 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Bill wrote: Keyser Sze 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. Dont 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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage. The surprising thing is if people learned anything about hand sanitization from this Covid mess, that might be far less of a problem. We never got sick on a cruise but we have always been serious about washing our hands. We even wipe down the area around our airplane seats with disinfectant wipes. We used to get funny looks about it but now I suspect more people will be doing it ... until they forget. You were sick before you took the cruise. |
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On 5/21/21 11:28 AM, Mr Robot wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:48:12 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: Keyser Söze Wrote in message:r On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: 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-scotia/marco-polo-halifax-breaks-record-biggest-cargo-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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage.-- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * Thats exactly what we expect you to say. You wish misery and grief on others because you are a miserable old coot down on your luck. Have a crappy day. You're such a little whiny bitch! And ignorant and not very bright, despite the claims of his buddy, Luddite. I wonder if the cruise lines charge extra for contaminated food and water? -- * Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. * |
A really big ship
On Fri, 21 May 2021 08:47:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 5/20/21 8:57 PM, wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2021 08:25:58 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 5/19/21 11:36 PM, wrote: 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. Can hardly wait until the cruise ships start up again for real and about a month later 500 passengers get deathly ill from some illness contracted on that voyage. The surprising thing is if people learned anything about hand sanitization from this Covid mess, that might be far less of a problem. We never got sick on a cruise but we have always been serious about washing our hands. We even wipe down the area around our airplane seats with disinfectant wipes. We used to get funny looks about it but now I suspect more people will be doing it ... until they forget. Washing hands is helpful, but it won't prevent food poisoning, and that apparently is not infrequent on the cruises. I suspect most of that "food poisoning" is people poisoning their own food from dirty hands. I assume anything you touch on a cruise ship has **** on it. I don't drink the water on a cruise ship. Those tanks are septic tanks. We always take a case or two of bottled water with us. I avoid the ice too as much as possible. If the hot food is really hot, it should be safe. |
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