Jan 15, 2018 ship of the day

CaptAmehrican posted a pic said Sun, Jan 14th 2018 at 10:54pm ET

Today we are focusing on the container ships that transport all of our meh goods into and out of the country. The expansion of the Panama canal has led to some really huge container ships. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OOCL_Hong_Kong
The largest ever is the OOCL Hong Kong. enter image description here

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f00l said Sun, Jan 14th 2018 at 11:25pm ET:

Cool!

I thought some of the new container ships were now too large for the current canal?

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f00l said Sun, Jan 14th 2018 at 11:27pm ET:

Just to get in front of @narfcake with some charming silliness I have no claim to:

Hey, @narf. Pls forgive?

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- @f00l No need to apologize. Posting Animaniacs clips is equal opportunity and highly encouraged.
  
  narfcake said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:16am ET
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mydrivec said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:07am ET:

Track your ships here…pretty cool https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4910459/mmsi:477333500/imo:9776171/vessel:OOCL_HONG_KONG

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daveinwarsh said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:13am ET:

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- @daveinwarsh oops.
  
  RiotDemon said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:30am ET
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- @RiotDemon it’s not supposed to look like that?
  
  naropa said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 1:32pm ET
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- @daveinwarsh Not what’s usually meant by a ship’s fantail.
  
  ruouttaurmind said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 2:26pm ET
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- @daveinwarsh Please no waves, please no waves…
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 4:56pm ET
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RiotDemon said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:30am ET:

I got to tour one once. My dad was working on something for the engine and they let us have a peek. I felt so tiny on that ship.

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monicabc said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:50am ET:

This goat has made the tenure for all future goats that much harder. I blame this goat for being too excellent with the boats of the day, raising the expectations of a meh population and educating the mehpopulace without us really noticing.

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jbartus said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 4:20am ET:

I am not sure how I feel about my birthday being marked by something so pedestrian as a cargo ship.

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- @jbartus how do you think your birthday presents arrive? Also it is the biggest ever.
  
  CaptAmehrican said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 4:52am ET
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- @jbartus happy birthday to you happy birthday dear jbartus happy birthday to you
  /giphy happy birthday
  
  CaptAmehrican said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 4:56am ET
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- @jbartus Happy Birthday pedestrian!
  
  therealjrn said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 6:47am ET
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- @CaptAmehrican touché et merci.
  
  @therealjrn thanks!
  
  jbartus said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 9:43am ET
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- @jbartus
  Happy Birthday, Pats fan!
  
  What wine/port/bubbly are you saving in case they are in another Superbowl?
  
  f00l said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:57pm ET
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- @f00l oh, I think Wellington’s Victory Reserve would be quite fitting for that occasion, don’t you think?
  
  jbartus said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 7:41pm ET
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- @jbartus Happy Birthday! It is a very colorful ship, so pretty, looks like a bday cake!
  
  Calabama said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 9:50pm ET
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- @Calabama thanks
  
  jbartus said Tue, Jan 16th 2018 at 3:55am ET
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f00l said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 12:56pm ET:

I hope you do a major transatlantic cruise ship at some point. Perhaps the SS Normandie?

I got to tour the bowels of the now retired QE2 once. Those great luxury ships are something to behold.

But I’m not asking for hints or giving directions. I love the surprise.

I mean, you could also go in the direction of Thor Heyerdahl’s experimental recreations of primitive prehistoric vessels capable of crossing the Atlantic and Pacific. (He proved it, by building them and crossing the oceans in them.)

Or a thousand other directions! You have so much to choose from.

If you wanted to keep these daily boat topics going and be Feb 2018 (G)Boat also, I’d be thrilled!

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PooltoyWolf said Mon, Jan 15th 2018 at 4:03pm ET:

The most powerful engines in the world move these boats. The Wärtsila RTA96C is the largest. There’s 60 steps from the ground to the top of the crankcase, the pistons could be used as elevators, and it produces more than 100,000 horsepower!

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