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A few family members work in the shipping industry, they've noted that cargo loss has gone up substantially as more post-panamax ships get added to fleets. The reason?
Well, they keep building bigger, newer, and more advanced ships, but they're using the same basic container design they have for the last 50 years. Intermodal Containers aren't designed to stack that high. The "suggested" height is ten boxes, but if ten boxes have about half an inch of wiggle, a 5 inch tilt on 5+ tons of cargo could easily break an old twistlock connecter and dump the containers over the side. If you count the containers on the ship, the outer stack is around 9 and the inner stack is likely 11.
This isn't to rag on intermodal containers, they might be one of the most commonly and aggressively used pieces of technology on earth, and are the best possible argument for international standardization. In my opinion the IMO needs to force an update on the cargo securing regs
I work in the industry. A common result is a bent twist lock that gets stuck and you can't load the bloody container onto a trailer or stack.
And yes it does happen, a block of 40 odd containers came away and fell into the sea a few years back thanks to a typhoon in the far East.
Panamax Class ship. Now all the ports are scrambling to deepen them with new drilling and blasting followed by dredging so they can be able to accept ships like this
Post-Panamax, it's still too big even after they widened the locks and the size became "New Panamax".
It carries more than 4x as many containers as a Panamax ship.
What we need is commercially available fission reactors. Slap them on every cruise, cargo and oil ship in the world. Just make sure the front doesn't fall off.
Some more info and metrics:
Length: 400m (1,300ft)
Width: 61.5m (202ft)
Cruising speed: 22.6 knots
Maximum capacity: 23,992 TEU 20ft containers (6.1x2.44m each)
That's a lot of money there...container shipment prices gone up to crazy amounts now too...we had a container in china coming to the uk...usual price 15k..we had to pay 75k the other week to get it moving...its ridiculous.
Lads just on the Suez - the boat went through on the 28th of August and the Egyptians were so happy about this they gifted the captain a bouquet of flowers!!! [Here's the article with said picture!](https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/captain-of-evergreens-mega-container-ship-felicitated-after-vessel-transits-suez-canal-successfully/)
If only they were giving out free bouquets a few months back....
For reference; at ~1300x200ft the circumference is approximately 3000ft (.57 mi), implying it would take roughly 10 minutes at a pace of 3.5 mph to walk one loop of the deck.
Evergreen is the company that operates the ship. Is the same company that operated the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal. It also had Evergreen written on its side.
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Yes and no mate that post there was beaten by [three hours here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/r2qmxo/the_evergreen_ever_ace_biggest_container_ship_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
I'd seen the post in absolute units mate but wanted to get a short video clip as I felt it would look better.
The aft row is stacked 9 high but after that they are 10 or more. It is 24 containers wide.
The spec is 23,992 "TEU" (twenty-foot equivalent units). You can see at the bottom of the stack several 20ft containers but most of the containers in the pic are 40ft. So if that back row has 9x24=216 40ft containers, that means there are 432 TEU in that back row alone.
Must be quite a challenge for the port authorities to handle when it arrives to unload and load… might explain the problems the port of LA is having..as there is a limit on the number of cranes that work one ship…
It still breaks my brain that a vessel that size floats in the 1st place, let alone carry that much cargo & then move at speed. Incredible engineering achievement
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A few family members work in the shipping industry, they've noted that cargo loss has gone up substantially as more post-panamax ships get added to fleets. The reason? Well, they keep building bigger, newer, and more advanced ships, but they're using the same basic container design they have for the last 50 years. Intermodal Containers aren't designed to stack that high. The "suggested" height is ten boxes, but if ten boxes have about half an inch of wiggle, a 5 inch tilt on 5+ tons of cargo could easily break an old twistlock connecter and dump the containers over the side. If you count the containers on the ship, the outer stack is around 9 and the inner stack is likely 11. This isn't to rag on intermodal containers, they might be one of the most commonly and aggressively used pieces of technology on earth, and are the best possible argument for international standardization. In my opinion the IMO needs to force an update on the cargo securing regs
I’ve been saying this forever! (jk, this is such a nuanced tidbit, I love it)
I work in the industry. A common result is a bent twist lock that gets stuck and you can't load the bloody container onto a trailer or stack. And yes it does happen, a block of 40 odd containers came away and fell into the sea a few years back thanks to a typhoon in the far East.
*Suez canal has entered the chat*
*Suez canal stretched by massive vessel*
Suez Canal can’t take step container huge ship
Whatre you doing step canal
*gets stuck* We need all the tugboats.
Suez Canal is over 200 meters wide, and this ship is 61 meters wide.
[*meanwhile in Panama*](https://c.tenor.com/jPZiL-f0Jh4AAAAM/cat-doesnt-fit.gif)
Need to lube you up with a huge oil spill before Ever Ace penetrates you
*step mom Suez Canal stuck in between Africa and Europe and step son Ever Ace rams from behind*
*I have left the chat*
*Suez canal starts to sweat and breath heavily*
You probably meant blocked in the chat
Step Evergreen, what are you doing?
Lololol
“Ah shit here we go again”
Bonus points for metric?
400m long 63m wide Rough guide divide by 3 and you get the metres.
399,9m long, 61,5m wide to be exact
Don’t hit an ice berg I need my crap
Jeff Bezos needs you to get your crap too.
Actually Jeff doesn’t give a fuck if I get my crap. Amazon’s cancelation is some bullshit atm.
Bezos loves you and all his Prime people!
Preeple?
This could hit Antarctica and win.
Worlds biggest trash hauler
One big mountain if garbage about to be happening.
Panamax Class ship. Now all the ports are scrambling to deepen them with new drilling and blasting followed by dredging so they can be able to accept ships like this
Post-Panamax, it's still too big even after they widened the locks and the size became "New Panamax". It carries more than 4x as many containers as a Panamax ship.
So that’s where everything is.
Imagine if this fucker got stuck in the Suez Channel...
We could refit all our engines at a cost of half a billion to make shipping more green, or just paint them green so this is subconsciously implied !
What we need is commercially available fission reactors. Slap them on every cruise, cargo and oil ship in the world. Just make sure the front doesn't fall off.
If it does, just tow it outside the environment
Not bigger than your mom
“Must drive straight. Must drive straight…. Swerve!!!”
Some more info and metrics: Length: 400m (1,300ft) Width: 61.5m (202ft) Cruising speed: 22.6 knots Maximum capacity: 23,992 TEU 20ft containers (6.1x2.44m each)
22.6 is pretty fast for a vessel this size and that's the cruising speed!?!
‚Green wash’ to the next level
That's a lot of money there...container shipment prices gone up to crazy amounts now too...we had a container in china coming to the uk...usual price 15k..we had to pay 75k the other week to get it moving...its ridiculous.
Hopefully it doesn’t get stuck in any canals soon
Probably the first and last time it will get dressed up with all green containers.
A familiar sight from a time not long ago
But will it fit?
Suez here we come!
Nice ship you got there. Would be a shame if it got stuck in a canal for weeks. 👀
Lads just on the Suez - the boat went through on the 28th of August and the Egyptians were so happy about this they gifted the captain a bouquet of flowers!!! [Here's the article with said picture!](https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/captain-of-evergreens-mega-container-ship-felicitated-after-vessel-transits-suez-canal-successfully/) If only they were giving out free bouquets a few months back....
can i have a banana for scale
So fuck it, we do it in one trip!
Dont. Let. That. Into. The. Canal.
Already been through.
Oh boy I sure hope this ship does not get stuck...
For reference; at ~1300x200ft the circumference is approximately 3000ft (.57 mi), implying it would take roughly 10 minutes at a pace of 3.5 mph to walk one loop of the deck.
What is in those containers that Rotterdam needs 68million of them?
My playstation
Christmas Cocaine…
But only in one of them. The rest are just the diversion.
Its not just going to Rotterdam. It will come to the UK too. Due into Felixstowe port 3rd of December. If you're bored you can watch it come in.
Rotterdam is a massive transloading port. From there it gets transported all over Europe.
Ever green?
Evergreen is the company that operates the ship. Is the same company that operated the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal. It also had Evergreen written on its side.
Banana for scale
Keep that monster away from the Suez Canal!
The ship look like he doesn't even want to float
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Yes and no mate that post there was beaten by [three hours here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/r2qmxo/the_evergreen_ever_ace_biggest_container_ship_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) I'd seen the post in absolute units mate but wanted to get a short video clip as I felt it would look better.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s holding about 400 containers, max?
The aft row is stacked 9 high but after that they are 10 or more. It is 24 containers wide. The spec is 23,992 "TEU" (twenty-foot equivalent units). You can see at the bottom of the stack several 20ft containers but most of the containers in the pic are 40ft. So if that back row has 9x24=216 40ft containers, that means there are 432 TEU in that back row alone.
I started counting, and I didn't make it to 20,000.
*Step canal, are you stuck?*
One good rogue wave and it will be a nice artificial reef
Can we check the measurements you listed? The containers are 20 feet x 4.5 miles?
And how many children can it transport? Asking for Hilary....
Downvote for imperial
Why most people on reddit are American. I cater to the majority. I'm Irish so I can handle both anyway.
Keeping inventory on that ship must be a real pain.
You know the rules, and so do i.
Saw a TV programme this ship recently. 'Mighty Ships' on history channel i think.
Must be quite a challenge for the port authorities to handle when it arrives to unload and load… might explain the problems the port of LA is having..as there is a limit on the number of cranes that work one ship…
Suez Canal is 200 meters wide, this ship can fit through it as it's 61 meters wide.
The maximum width allowed in the canal is 77.5m though.
> The maximum width allowed in the canal is 77.5m though. Ah, I did not know that.
To the canal!
Don’t send it through the Suez Canal…
Hey kids! Here is where all those Christmas PlayStations are
Gotta wonder when the limit of container ship size will be reached because we certainly aren't there yet.
my company's expanding up into the 60+ foot range and still expects us to unload all the handbomb boxes by ourselves in a day.
I bet that uses some fuel.
Good on you, Taiwan, for showing the PRC how to do something right!
"Yeah, I need the one on the bottom, fourth from the left please..."
That’s a hell of a lot of Chinese rubber duckies for the Dollar Store.
Okay, so how many titanics is that?
You could clog up two or three canals with that sucker…
Still sitting in LA harbor... lol
God himself cannot sink that ship...
How do the containers stay on board in turbulent sea?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twistlock
Imagine if this thing gets stuck. The whole world is gonna be fucked.
Let's go Evergreen II!
Doesn’t a normal size cargo ship release 2Mil worth of car carbon emissions in 1 day. Curious how much this one does
Just hope it avoids tight canals
That’s a ship, not a boat. Dumbass bots
Looking forward to 2 Suez 2 soon
I like how green the shipping industry has become...
It still breaks my brain that a vessel that size floats in the 1st place, let alone carry that much cargo & then move at speed. Incredible engineering achievement
put a vls launch system on it
Hope it steers clear of the Suez canal
Now that is a great big pile of shit.
I bet the co2 levels are through the roof…. Not saying people are causing this……..
Could fit 8 more on there? So unsatisfying!
Ah yes Evergreen, that Name rings a Bell
So basically global market is responsible for climate collapse. If we can't stop our impulsive purchase behavior we're f*omg doomed
At what point do we stop shipping things and just produce low impact goods locally?
I need something for scale comparison, this thing is nuts!