Megaship......

[Mugwump]

A very good watch.....

Climb aboard the cargo ship OOCL Atlanta as she journeys from Hong Kong to Singapore. How does a minimal crew keep this 1,000ft-long vessel afloat in treacherous seas?

Join a voyage of discovery aboard a Megaship, as she negotiates her way through the difficult and dangerous Singapore and Malacca Straits into the vast South China Seas and beyond.

Follow Captain Roger Llewellyn as he guides the latest in the Megaship fleet, all 134,000 tonnes of the OOCL Atlanta, through pirate infested waters and into the busiest ports in the world.

Discover the mechanics and machinations of life at sea, from the height of the bridge, to the depths of the engine room, to the state of the art computerized navigation system.

And the purpose of it all? On board the captain has precious cargo worth millions of dollars, cleverly loaded in over 8000 containers, which he must deliver to their eager owners, intact and on time.

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[BallAquatics]

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Dennis

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Dennis

thanks, I hit the 'img' instead.....doh....LOL..............

[BillT]

I worked on some NOAA ships in the 70's over the summers when I was an undergrad.
The little ships I was on would be dwarfed by this one. They were 250 and 350 feet long.
Once we parked next to a really big ship. It main deck was way higher than out bridge.
Makes you feel small even though you are something big.

They compared the size of this to aircraft carrier.
We saw on our radar an aircraft carrier launching planes going 50 or 55 knots.
It is really amazing considering all the water they have to push out of their way to go anywhere.