Originally Posted by +8Rich
Originally Posted by John V6
Given how nice the day was we drove down to Languard Fort for a walk and an ice cream Perfect.
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And of course the view of the docks was fun
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That looks a good run John, the size of that container vessel, we see a lot going by out of our window but the perspective is lost.

Yes Richard they are enormous. If you think each container is 2 m tall & carries 18 tons if full you start to get some perspective, don't forget the containers go right down into the hull so you only see roughly half of them.. To the right of the photo is a cafe & in more normal times we would walk say 6 km to it along the beach & have lunch outside watching the ships. For now the cafe is closed but they have an ice cream stall open.
If you are lucky you can see the tugs maneuvering them onto the berths.

But the really amazing part is the speed the ships travel at on open water.

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