Very Big Ship Visiting Harwich/Felixstowe 4 November

[Strake]

Might be worth a trip out for locals if the weather is nice. ETA 16:00 local:

The Emma Maersk

Harwich: Whopper vessel on way
By John Hyde - Evening Gazette
A world record-holding ship will be sailing through Harwich Harbour with a special Christmas delivery.

Emma Maersk, the largest container ship in the world, will make its first call in the UK on Saturday, when it arrives at Felixstowe. Measuring 397m long x 57m wide, the vessel is the size of almost four football pitches.

She can carry 13,500 tonnes of goods - destined for high streets across the UK and brought in ahead of the busy Christmas period.

 

[sunquest]

170,000 tons and a 15metre draft-the picture does'nt do it justice. Thats what I call big. I wonder how many other British ports it could dock at? Southampton?

 

[petem]

I was reading about this ship yesterday. Crew of 13 if I remeber correctly.

Pete

 

[Richard10002]

20 rows of 40ft containers!!! I used to sail with Blue Star and the California and Columbia Stars' had about 7 rows in front of the bridge, and 2 rows behind the bridge.

 

[B175Chris]

I saw the Albert maersk going past SIBS, apparently the second largest container ship in the world, as you can see much like the Emma:

and with the MBM Flyer 12...

Was amazing to see, has to be seen to be believed!

Chris

 

[omega2]

We have a bad enough time dodging these in Barrow, maybe she will come up the Black Deep. [image]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums[/image]

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

we're probably going to pop over to have a look by car... will probably head towards Shotley Marina if anyone is there....

 

[omega2]

I,ll try that again

 

[mjf]

''13500 tonnes of goods''.


A mistake.

She was delv in Aug 2006 and is 157,000mt dwt that means she can load that amount incl crew, fuel, lubs, water and cargo.

Big ship and even larger on the way

 

[Dyflin]

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1133634/an/0/page/0#1133634

 

[goochie]

There was a fascinating programme on Radio 4 on Monday morning at 11am this week, talking about this very boat, and the whole container business in general, and also Felixtowe port. Well worth a listen via the internet. There's another part this coming Monday.

 

[Strake]

<170,000 tons and a 15metre draft-the picture does'nt do it justice.>

Actually, its "pictures".. I missed them the first time. After clicking on the link, scroll right down to the bottom. The last one is particularly impressive I think....

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

found it!

for those interested...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/onthewaterfront/pip/j9lhs/