Worlds Largest Container Ship in S/hampton

[Fishtigua]

The Marco Polo has taken up 2 berths in Southampton. At 396m long and 54m wide, she will not be hard to miss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-206...

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/shipping/10097397....

Edited by Fishtigua on Monday 10th December 11:58

[Gaspode]

I was deeply disappointed to see that the Captain's name is not Ivor Biggun...

[jonno990]

Wouldn't fancy lashing that

[Fishtigua]

jonno990 said:

Wouldn't fancy lashing that

That's an awful lot of ratchet staps.

Clickerty click, click, click.............

[dr_gn]

Shame it's being unloaded rather than loaded here.

[TimJMS]

Appears to be crammed with near - future broken dreams and landfill.

[rhinochopig]

That's no moon...

[Simpo Two]

Fishtigua said:

The Marco Polo has taken up 2 berths in Southampton. At 296m long and 54m wide, she will not be hard to miss.

You mean 'WILL be hard to miss'...


Another load of credit from the Western magic tree and given to the East.

[surveyor]

So we can expect that email saying the Ipad mini is back in stock....

[FourWheelDrift]

dr_gn said:

Shame it's being unloaded rather than loaded here.

Full of Starbucks coffee supplies and Amazon Kindles.

[FourWheelDrift]

It's 396 not 296m btw.

But the Daily Mail still blows everything out of proportion - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245394/Wo...

"Vessel is 51 times longer than superliner Queen Mary 2" that would make it 17km long

[prand]

So CMSA CGM is a French company, delivering goods from China (or the Far East), how come it is registered in London?

[uk_vette]

Probably full of Christmas toys from China.

Gra.

[Pothole]

Saw it 2 years ago (?) off Malta.

[FourWheelDrift]

That is Gozo. It's slightly smaller.

[Dogwatch]

prand said:

So CMSA CGM is a French company, delivering goods from China (or the Far East), how come it is registered in London?

Better (then France) tax regime? There are reportedly 400,000 French working in London. We may think it is bad (it is) but others have it worse.

[shakotan]

Typical Daily Mail Reader said:

A 'Trojan Horse' no less - just wait for the thousands of illegal stowaways to emerge.
- Gladiatrix , Londinium, United Kingdom, 10/12/2012 11:47

[Simpo Two]

No-one saw this:

DM says: 'Marco Polo is 386m long'

DM says 'Marco Polo is 51 times longer than QM2'

QM2 is 345m long.

How does 345 x 51 = 396? Nope, what he ACTUALLY means is 51m longer.

A slight difference.

Cretins.

[prand]

Dogwatch said:

Better (then France) tax regime? There are reportedly 400,000 French working in London. We may think it is bad (it is) but others have it worse.

Ok I get it - a "flag of convenience" is largely for business nowadays.

[Blackpuddin]

Wonder what its anti-piracy measures consist of, given the total value of the cargo on an average voyage?