drove over to shotley point today to whatch the biggest ship come in.

It did not actually look the big in the Metal ?

Still was fooking huge.

PMSL! You photographed the wrong one!!! :rofl: That's only about a 3 - 4,000TEU (twenty foot unit)

 

Anyway, Maersk Sealand is the Euro freighter service.

 

This is the Emma Maersk...which sailed into Felixstowe today....the above is not the Emma Maersk.

 

Obviously this is lacking containers...

http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/pressreleases/frmPress.aspx?pid=207

drove over to shotley point today to whatch the biggest ship come in.

It did not actually look the big in the Metal ?

Still was fooking huge.

u nutter. pmsl.

 

Thats the best looking supra I've seen so far! :rofl:

oh dear god. we have nerds in our mix.

it's not the size its how you use it ;)

pictures dont do em justice, a few years back i was fishing on a 36' boat in the middle of the chanel, and HMS ark royal came past about 1/4 mile away, massive,

still amazing how they can be made of metal and some are 100's of thousand tonnes and still float.

How many conatiners can these things hold????

 

Thats the best looking supra I've seen so far! :rofl:

 

:rofl:

oh dear god. we have nerds in our mix.

 

Yeah, we've been quietly infiltrating the place for years... and now it belongs to us. NYYYYYYYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Er, sorry, got a bit carried away there.

How many conatiners can these things hold????

 

Depends what generation they were and what routes they were designed for. The Emma Maersk can carry some 12,000 TEU (Twenty foot equivelant units).

 

Most conventional ones at the moment carry around 8,000TEU.

Depends what generation they were and what routes they were designed for. The Emma Maersk can carry some 12,000 TEU (Twenty foot equivelant units).

 

Most conventional ones at the moment carry around 8,000TEU.

 

 

you dont happen to hang around railway stations wearing an anorak do you :)

Ah then why o why was every fooker there jumping up and down with excitment.

I thought it looked pathetic ! What a duffer i am :tongue:

Well wont be doin that again ! :xxx:

Well if you likebig things this is what i drive for a living.

you dont happen to hang around railway stations wearing an anorak do you :)

 

No, I happen to work in the industry. It's by business to know stuff like that as I manage their port operations.

Is it the biggest ship in the world?

 

 

I thought some oil tanker was bigger or something?

 

 

 

 

 

Edit - looks like this - Knock Nevis. PMLS at the 'no smoking' sign!

http://supertankers.topcities.com/id132.htm

PMSL! You photographed the wrong one!!! :rofl: That's only about a 3 - 4,000TEU (twenty foot unit)

 

Anyway, Maersk Sealand is the Euro freighter service.

 

This is the Emma Maersk...which sailed into Felixstowe today....the above is not the Emma Maersk.

 

Obviously this is lacking containers...

 

Looks pretty empty Si....had it already been unloaded? It's sitting very high in the water

 

Dave

Looks pretty empty Si....had it already been unloaded? It's sitting very high in the water

 

Dave

 

 

I'd guess that's a file picture.

Looks pretty empty Si....had it already been unloaded? It's sitting very high in the water

 

Dave

That was taken when the ship was brand spanking new and going to be loaded, we finished working on the Emma Maersk (SS Santa to all you saddo's :D ) at 5 this morning having turned around something like 3k containers in 24 hours, god we're good. And to be honest it doesnt look that much bigger than the average container ship we get at Felixstowe but it was seen as a good publicity oppourtunity so they made a fuss about it.

Well if you likebig things this is what i drive for a living.

 

And these are what i drive for a living

 

 

At Liverpool st Terminus

Is it the biggest ship in the world?

 

 

I thought some oil tanker was bigger or something?

 

 

 

 

 

Edit - looks like this - Knock Nevis. PMLS at the 'no smoking' sign!

http://supertankers.topcities.com/id132.htm

 

 

yeah its ship in the post is the worlds largest container ship.

Is it the biggest ship in the world?

 

 

I thought some oil tanker was bigger or something?

 

 

 

 

 

Edit - looks like this - Knock Nevis. PMLS at the 'no smoking' sign!

http://supertankers.topcities.com/id132.htm

 

Biggest 'container' ship in the world......oil tanker isn't a container ship. ;)

Looks pretty empty Si....had it already been unloaded? It's sitting very high in the water

 

Dave

 

If you read the above caption you'll see it says 'lacking containers'. That was at the end of her delivery voyage from China.

That was taken when the ship was brand spanking new and going to be loaded, we finished working on the Emma Maersk (SS Santa to all you saddo's :D ) at 5 this morning having turned around something like 3k containers in 24 hours, god we're good. And to be honest it doesnt look that much bigger than the average container ship we get at Felixstowe but it was seen as a good publicity oppourtunity so they made a fuss about it.

 

Do you you work on the Gantry cranes/straddle carriers?

Do you you work on the Gantry cranes/straddle carriers?

Currently driving a tug for Felixstowe Dock but over the years I have done most jobs there from berth op to crane driver. Who do you work for Si? I did a similar job to you for Geest North Sea Lines as operations supervisor, first job of the day was to collect ships bag and kick all the old slappers off the boat.

Oh excellent! I'm quite pally with the guys at Svitzer Marine (tug operators in the Bristol Channel) and go out on the tugs from time to time. I'm a ships agent for Inchcape Shipping Services.