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Boycott walmart

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Sam Hindu's Blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is scary … consider the demand to have something like this to supply the need??
Everyone has sight, few have Vision
EMMA MAERSK SHIP
You must read the ending…
See the editorial under the last picture. That says it all!
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
containers 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 its 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 Wal-Mart 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.
Editorial Comment!
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 ??
This message, if any, surely deserves forwarding, doesn’t it ?
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