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The largest cargo ship to visit the United States, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, arrived in Seattle Monday morning.
It is expected to berth at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 18 in Seattle
The vessel is longer than the Empire State Building, wider than a football field, and as tall as a 20-floor building, according to CMA CGM, a French container shipping company. (That’s 1,300 feet long, 177 feet wide, and 197 feet tall.)
It has a capacity of 18,000 TEUs (or twenty foot equivalent units — the standard unit of measurement for cargo capacity).
“It’ll probably be several years before we see something that big again,” said Northwest Seaport Alliance spokesman Peter McGraw. “But we’ll be seeing larger vessels in the 13,000 to 14,000 size before that.”
Massive cargo ship arrives in Seattle’s Elliott Bay | The Seattle Times
For anyone has ridden one of those ferries, they aren't exactly small. That thing is GINORMOUS!!!!
It is expected to berth at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 18 in Seattle
The vessel is longer than the Empire State Building, wider than a football field, and as tall as a 20-floor building, according to CMA CGM, a French container shipping company. (That’s 1,300 feet long, 177 feet wide, and 197 feet tall.)
It has a capacity of 18,000 TEUs (or twenty foot equivalent units — the standard unit of measurement for cargo capacity).
“It’ll probably be several years before we see something that big again,” said Northwest Seaport Alliance spokesman Peter McGraw. “But we’ll be seeing larger vessels in the 13,000 to 14,000 size before that.”
Massive cargo ship arrives in Seattle’s Elliott Bay | The Seattle Times
For anyone has ridden one of those ferries, they aren't exactly small. That thing is GINORMOUS!!!!
