The narrator is right if ICTF Long Beach comes to a halt COSTCO (container at 1:53) will not get its shipment,stores will go empty,and America and the world will grind to a halt. it is ICFT Long Beaches job to get every container off a ship and send the rest that is coming in to Singapore to keep the conveyor belt of trade going.
The Adrian and the Alabama are in this episode both got jacked by Somali Pirates in the Gulf. their crews defeated them and delivered the cargo on time.
The amount they speake of is not individual containers of course. Some containers may return to the same port several times in a year. I know Maersk alone has over 1.2 millon + containers in there fleet... if Had to take a guess from all the ship lines in the world... 15 - 20 million active on ships and sitting at ports. This is not counting any retired containers.
There is a scene in this program showing a Danish guy torch cutting some steel beams directly under a section of the bow wave nose WHILE IT IS BEING SUSPENDED UNDER A GANTRY CRANE!!!! This is insane! Longshore workers would never do something this stupid. Crane hydraulics can rupture anytime or cables can break. This was a very dumb move. I hope he was reprimanded.....
The narrator is right if ICTF Long Beach comes to a halt COSTCO (container at 1:53) will not get its shipment,stores will go empty,and America and the world will grind to a halt. it is ICFT Long Beaches job to get every container off a ship and send the rest that is coming in to Singapore to keep the conveyor belt of trade going.
geomodelrailroader 4 months ago
The Adrian and the Alabama are in this episode both got jacked by Somali Pirates in the Gulf. their crews defeated them and delivered the cargo on time.
geomodelrailroader 11 months ago
steel cut weld hand
2341234msm 1 year ago
ur talking about safety just visit the hanjin phillipines and ul see for urself how unsafe working in hanjin
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greeeenday981 1 year ago
how fast can this monster goes?
Duanematic 2 years ago
Probaby between 23 - 27 knots i should think
Ajc52 2 years ago
I guess this show was made before the Emma Maersk keel was laid.
panamcunard 3 years ago 4
Oh yeah.
HrsaILA 3 years ago
Great Show..!
EsotericDesi 3 years ago 3
11 million containers on 8000 ships a year at just that 1 port, that is crazy
anyone know the worlds total number of containers shipped around the world a year
imluvinyourmum 3 years ago 4
The amount they speake of is not individual containers of course. Some containers may return to the same port several times in a year. I know Maersk alone has over 1.2 millon + containers in there fleet... if Had to take a guess from all the ship lines in the world... 15 - 20 million active on ships and sitting at ports. This is not counting any retired containers.
HrsaILA 3 years ago
There is a scene in this program showing a Danish guy torch cutting some steel beams directly under a section of the bow wave nose WHILE IT IS BEING SUSPENDED UNDER A GANTRY CRANE!!!! This is insane! Longshore workers would never do something this stupid. Crane hydraulics can rupture anytime or cables can break. This was a very dumb move. I hope he was reprimanded.....
panther105 4 years ago 5
True... this is a big NO NO in america but... I don't think they care as much overseas.
HrsaILA 3 years ago
Interesting, because usually European govts. are even stricter than the US when it comes to safety regs. Not sure about China, though.....
Riever86 3 years ago
@panther105 you americans are too afraid of real mens work lol
Bones1977ify 1 year ago