Wal-Mart - Made in China - The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping line

[Ben Graham]

This is how Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Woolworths etc. gets it's stuff.

 

Photos of The Emma Maersk cargo ship: http://andjoh.posterous.com/the-emma-maersk-part-of-a-danish-shipping-lin

 

What a ship. No wonder 'Made in China ' is displacing North American and Australian made goods big time.

This monster transports goods across the Pacific in about 5 days!!!

 

A recent documentary in late March on the History Channel noted that nearly

all of these containers are shipped back to China , EMPTY.. Yep, that's right. We send nothing back on most of these ships. What does that tell you about the current financial state of our country? Just keep buying those imported goods (mostly gadgets) until you run out of money. Then you may wonder what the cause of unemployment is in the U.S.A., Canada and Australia might be?

[Ben Graham]

Maersk Line places on order the largest vessels in the world: the Triple-E class

 

In line with the group’s drive to increase competitiveness and environmental leadership, Maersk Line has signed a contract for ten new, innovative container vessels to be called as ‘Triple-E’.

 

The ‘Triple-E’ vessels (Economy of scale, Efficiency, Environment) will set new standards for size, fuel and cost efficiency as well as reduction of CO2 emissions. The capacity of the new vessels is 18,000 TEU, exceeding the capacity of the world’s largest container vessels currently, Maersk Line’s PS-class vessels of 15,550 TEU.The vessels are scheduled for delivery between 2013-2015.

 

http://www.maerskline.com/link/?page=brochure&path=/about_us/milestones

[Ben Graham]

YouTube Videos on the New Maersk Container Ship 18000 TEU Triple-E

 

 

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November 25, 2011

 

Chinese Shipping Firms Losing Money

 

China has ranked the first in terms of cargo throughput and container handling worldwide for eight consecutive years.

 

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7Befe011f8-cd7b-4e3e-9e1b-d4e45c59beba%7D

[fareastwarriors]

Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/business/international/aboard-a-cargo-colossus-maersks-new-container-ships.html?_r=0