MSC Fabiola

[getakey]

LArgest Container Ship to port in North America arrices Port of Oakland today. It barely fits in shipping channel. Will be quite a taks for the Pilot.

"The MSC Fabiola is almost a quarter mile long, more than the length of four football fields or about equal to the height of a 55-story building. If all of the containers that fit on the ship were put end to end, they would stretch almost 50 miles."

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/03/21/usa-msc-fabiola-arrives-at-port-of-oakland/

here's a pic
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1254494

 

[Ghost]

In other news, your new ipad should be in this week.

 

[getakey]

So I post news about Boating. Happens to be the largest ship ever to port in North America.
Its bigger than the USS Enterprise. It will dock in the prot of Oakland and with a beam of 157 ft has to navigate an Estuary that is only several hundred feet wide.

Nice reply!

Anyone intersted can see some video on this link
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...ter-san-francisco-bay-approaches-golden-gate/

 

[JeffR]

Or maybe your New iPad is on that ship...

 

[getakey]

You are probably right might be a million iPads on that ship and appologies to Ghost

Wonder what we are sending back