Top 10 Biggest Container Ships Floating on Waves in Ocean
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Hello; The sheer size, length, width, and height is just imposing! (in an awesome way of course)! When they are fully loaded the sight is magnificent! Came to this while reading Horatio Clare's excellent 'Down To The Sea In Ship's' which is an excellent account of traversing the world as a passenger in Maersk cargo ships. How many container ships sink each year? With 226 million container boxes shipped each year, the loss of 1,000 or more can seem like well a drop in the ocean. There are two main types of dry cargo: bulk cargo and break bulk cargo. Bulk cargoes, like grain or coal, are transported unpackaged in the hull of the ship, generally in large volume. Break-bulk cargoes, on the other hand, are transported in packages, and are generally manufactured goods. Before the advent of containerization in the 1950s, break-bulk items were loaded, lashed, unlashed and unloaded from the ship one piece at a time. However, by grouping cargo into containers, 1,000 to 3,000 cubic feet (28 to 85 m3) of cargo, or up to about 64,000 pounds (29,000 kg), is moved at once and each container is secured to the ship once in a standardized way. Containerization has increased the efficiency of moving traditional break-bulk cargoes significantly, reducing shipping time by 84% and costs by 35%. In 2001, more than 90% of world trade in non-bulk goods was transported in ISO containers. In 2009, almost one quarter of the world's dry cargo was shipped by container, an estimated 125 million TEU or 1.19 billion tonnes worth of cargo.
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