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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 25 Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland Posts: 2181  
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Maersk line has just launched this website for their newest class of ships, enjoy the facts - put all the containers end to end and they stretch for 68 miles................. that's a lot of lorries and trains to get those containers in and out of the ports they will run between.
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13th Mar 2011 4:25pm |
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| Richcl Member Since: 23 Sep 2010 Location: Tewkesbury, Glos Posts: 1011  
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Good link.
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13th Mar 2011 4:37pm |
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| Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309
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Great website and presentation too.... |
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13th Mar 2011 5:22pm |
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| Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309
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Cooolio 
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13th Mar 2011 10:46pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 25 Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland Posts: 2181
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Mr Macinley Maesrk is 93 and still goes into the office every day and is paying for these monsters out of the cashbox, not with bank loans. Mind you he does own all the licences for extracting all of the oil and gas out of Denmark's sector of the North Sea too and being in the oil and gas well owning business can be no bad thing at the moment, he has difficulty spending all his dosh every year anyway and has no shareholders he has to placate either as it's a private company. 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes |
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14th Mar 2011 12:17am |
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| axle Member Since: 28 Oct 2007 Location: Perth Perth the end of the Earth Posts: 2964  
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VLCS That is a big ship , do you get to drive? 2008 MY Supercharged
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14th Mar 2011 11:24am |
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| Jonny Fresh Member Since: 17 May 2010 Location: Manchester Posts: 78
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Tim, regarding the containers it states " if they were put on top of each other they would almost reach beyond the stratosphere (47 km)."
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14th Mar 2011 12:27pm |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35379
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14th Mar 2011 12:31pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 25 Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland Posts: 2181
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I'll tell them to park them end to end on the M25 on Friday afternoon from about 2pm - that would give the company plenty of free advertising too....................... if you stacked them end to end vertically it would be even more hazardous JF................ and 68 miles high 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes |
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14th Mar 2011 1:30pm |
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| Fox Member Since: 02 Apr 2010 Location: Essex Posts: 2313
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Very impressive. |
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14th Mar 2011 2:35pm |
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| dan_uk_1984 Member Since: 12 Nov 2008 Location: Bude, Cornwall Posts: 4014 
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Finally, Slim Edna can go on a cruise! |
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14th Mar 2011 3:04pm |
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