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1/ We romanticize FUTURE tech + engineering––but there are far more consequential, critically important but less-sexy hyped-up engineering feats.
Consider the CMA CGM Brazil––the largest container ship to ever dock on the east coast––in the history of the world...
Consider the CMA CGM Brazil––the largest container ship to ever dock on the east coast––in the history of the world...
2/ It can carry 15,000 containers (!) which has all the “stuff” that we need like pharmaceuticals and food––(& the stuff we just want, like furniture, fall + winter clothes, toys, appliances, holiday decorations)...
The ship itself is feat of engineering––with valuable CARGO...
The ship itself is feat of engineering––with valuable CARGO...
3/ But the ancillary engineering is even more AMAZING––(and again the stuff real civil engineers, material scientists, water + environmental engieners, construction crews collaborate on)
The Bayonne Bridge had to be RAISED (!)––and its navigation channel deepened....
The Bayonne Bridge had to be RAISED (!)––and its navigation channel deepened....
4/ ...To allow the new super ships to be able to pass through.
The density of the shipping––let alone the remarkable history of the standardization of the container itself (from truck trailer body)––is huge benefit for environment.
This doesn’t get celebrated as it SHOULD!
The density of the shipping––let alone the remarkable history of the standardization of the container itself (from truck trailer body)––is huge benefit for environment.
This doesn’t get celebrated as it SHOULD!
