Christmas on its way: World’s largest container ship makes maiden voyage from China [Waterlog]
Interesting piece over the weekend from The Guardian about the Emma Maersk's first cargo haul from China. The brand-new, 1500-foot-long vessel is the first of seven mammoth ships being built by global shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. A few details:
The manifest for the 3,000 containers of goods that it will drop off in
Britain on its way to mainland Europe reveals the largest single
consignment of festive cheer ever delivered - a floating world of
British desires and necessities......While the boat is carrying around 11,000 containers and is by far
the largest container ship ever built, Yentian port, where it set off
from for Europe last month, now exports nearly three times that many
containers every day. China is now far and away the world's biggest
maker and exporter of everything from toy gorillas to steel and
electronic goods.The manifest of the ship perfectly reflects the
consumer society at Christmas. Crackers, poker tables, bingo sets, drum
kits, electronic toys and pre-school building blocks by the score will
be delivered in astonishing quantities: 1,886,000 Christmas decorations
are loaded in one container, 40,000 rechargeable batteries and 22,280
kg of Vietnam tea in another. In another are 12,800 MP3 players.
Previous post on the Emma Maersk here.
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