Walmart Ships!

[Michael Alexander]

Received this interesting email this morning....

    The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping line,
                is shown in the photos below.
       
            What a ship....no wonder 'Made in China  ' is displacing North American made goods big time.
            This monster transports goods across the Pacific in just 5 days!! This is one of three ships
             presently in service, with another two ships commissioned to be completed in 2012.                         
   
            These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to get all their goods and stuff from  China  . They hold
        an incredible 15,000 cartons and have a 207 foot deck beam!!  The full crew is just 13 people on a ship
                   
       longer than a US Aircraft Carrier (which has a crew of 5,000)
        With it's 207' beam it is too big to fit through the Panama or Suez Canals ..
     
                    It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31 knots.

       The goods arrive 4 days before the typical container ship (18-20 knots) on
       a China -to-    California  run.  91% of Walmart products are made in China .
        So this behemoth is hugely competitive even when carrying perishable goods.   
             
        The ship was built in five sections. The sections floated together and then welded.   

         The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs   
          that can operate simultaneously unloading the entire ship in less than two hours.   
 

               Additional info:

               Country of origin -  Denmark
                    Length - 1,302 ft
                    Width - 207 ft
                    Net cargo - 123,200 tons
                    Engine - 14 cylinders in-line diesel engine (110,000 BHP)
                    Cruise Speed - 31 knots
                    Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 cubic feet)
                    Crew - 13 people !
                    First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006
                    Construction cost - US $145,000,000+

                Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water   
                resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year.

                 
           A recent documentary in late March, 2010 on the History Channel noted that 
           all of these containers are shipped back to China , EMPTY. Yep, that's right. 
           We send nothing back on these ships. What does that tell you about
           the current financial state of this country? Just keep buying those imported
           goods (mostly gadgets) until you run out of money.

           Then you may wonder what the cause of unemployment (maybe even your job)
           in the U.S. and Canada  might be????

            'Nuff said ??

                       

[Charles Scheepers]

Wow!! And it takes us weeks, sometimes months to "ship stuff" to O'mund. Mmmmm....well we ARE charged for the shipping. Silly me..

[SandyB]

Sad fact is Walmart  want to make an inroad into Africa   via buy out of  Massmart  in Sa ...  they wont be doing any favours ,,  cheap  chinese  imports ... no local content ??? ...  anyhow  they can keep their MacDonalds  style living  as far  away as possible from me ... Uuugh !!!!
Too true  about  the  heavy consumerism in USA ,,,  thats till the fools run out of $$$$$
WALMART  STAY  AWAY     ...   WE  DONT  NEED YOU ....