re: A cargo ship longer than the Empire State Building just arrived in LA

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The ports will capitulate because this ship is the next generation. Might take some time but the ports won't want to lose the revenue.

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Yes but it will be interesting to see what happens to Houston, Miami, and the other non-west coast ports because the Panama Canal is being enlarged but I don't think it will be able to handle this huge ships.

If P canal can't and the industry moves to these super large ships it could get interesting. A lot less activity at certain ports and a lot more rail activity from the west coast.

Our cruisers can't repel firepower of that magnitude!

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I can't really even imagine how you pilot such a beast - especially in a port

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Escort tugs

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A cargo ship longer than the Empire State Building just arrived in L.A.

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FIFY

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It's crazy that China can manufacture and ship goods cheaper than they can be manufactured at home.

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A little kid's toy action figure - no.
A freakin couch - YES !

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Escort tugs

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Do you have to pay extra for that kind of thing?

Most ports are dredged to 45'. A lot of them, including many along the Gulf Coast, need to be dredged to 60' to accommodate the new traffic that will be traveling through the PC. Unfortunately, federal funding has run dry for a lot of these, so it's up to the states or ports themselves to try and foot the bill.

A few east coast ports have dredged to that depth to accommodate the new ships, but those are few and far between. Had to foot the bill themselves.

this ship is going to single handedly flood the miss river.

In really heavy seas when the ship is rolling a lot, what prevents those containers from falling overboard?

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In really heavy seas when the ship is rolling a lot, what prevents those containers from falling overboard?

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Sometimes they do. You can find all kinds of shite washed up on west coast beaches.

That's insane.