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>Some people have suggested unloading the ship. I don't think you realize the infrastructure required to unload a ship. You're basically asking to build a port
by thereisnospork 6y ago
>Some people have suggested unloading the ship. I don't think you realize the infrastructure required to unload a ship. You're basically asking to build a port in the middle of the egyptian desert. That isn't going to happen.
I say build a trebuchet on deck and start launching containers into the desert.
- jebeng 6y agoThis is the way. Just check the contents first so there's nothing really harmful inside. Also start scaling up to multiple trebuchets as soon as possible and make it rain. Stimulate the local economy via job creation for the clean up. Monetize the live stream too. The trebuchet will save the global supply chain thanks to you.
- bamboozled 6y agoWould it not be easier to use Chinooks to remove cargo ?
- justbrowsing_ 6y agoLast time I heard that was the Maemo OS codename before Diablo
- as-j 6y agoThis thing could have 20,000 containers on it. Thankfully it’s a 3rd of a mile long, so maybe you could offload 2 at a time, one helicopter on either end. At 1 container every 5 minutes....working 24 hours per day....that’s 70 days of work.
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- bamboozled 6y agoI doubt you’d have to unload the whole ship though.
- avs733 6y agoEmpty weight of a 40ft ISO is around 3,700kg Max weight of a container loaded is around 30,000kg Max payload of a Chinook around 11,000 kg near sea level at not high temp. (correct my number here from the wrong version of the Chinook...older versions were 4,500kg) So, if your container is a a quarter full, sure
- coolspot 6y agoOkay, bring Mi-26 then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26
- Scoundreller 6y agoThe lighter ones will be at the top anyway to keep center of gravity correct. Shipping company should know exact weights of each container for this and billing reasons.
- blackrock 6y agoWhat’s the math like if you use 4 Chinooks? One on each corner. Someone, break down the component forces.
- cycomanic 6y agoMaybe placing 4 helicopters within 40ft of each other is not such a great idea?
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- lmilcin 6y agoThere are 20 thousand containers on that ship. No, that's not a mistake. It says it can carry 20 thousand and I assume it travels at capacity. Even if you could somehow launch one every minute that would still take 2 weeks of non-stop bombardment. Fascinating how much stuff you can put on a ship and the scale of loading/unloading operation.
- anderspitman 6y agoHuh, a case where using kubernetes is actually justified.
- stormcode 6y agoThank you, I needed that laugh.
- ethbr0 6y agoAlso like kubernetes, here's a picture of 20,000 zombie containers, getting no work done.
- nhoughto 6y agoI was thinking, no way isn’t there a 10k container limit? Nope 300k appr ! https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/best-practices/cluster-large/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/best-practices/cluster-larg...
- SauciestGNU 6y agoWell, using helm certainly would have been advisable.
- jacobr1 6y agoMaybe they did! Modern helm doesn't have a tiller ... seems like this explains the mid-canal steering problem!
- tyingq 6y agoIt has a max capacity of 20 thousand TEU, which is "20 foot equivalents". Most of the containers on the ship appear to be 40 foot ones. So 10,000 is probably closer to the total number. Edit: It may also not be "full". Here's a top/bottom picture with the most "full" I could find on the top, and the current situation on the bottom. https://imgur.com/a/b8neNkR https://imgur.com/a/b8neNkR Edit: So maybe 6000 40 foot containers, current state?
- Scoundreller 6y agoPush enough off, then pull them onto the ground. Truck them to the local market and get whatever you can.
- rjvs 6y agoThey are locked in place in a frame system. They have to be lifted off.
- Scoundreller 6y agoUnframe them? When they’re unloaded, I don’t see a massive empty frame, so unframing is done at some level.
- Treblemaker 6y agoOh, so that's what this was about... http://compellingsciencefiction.com/stories/the-dirt-dances.html http://compellingsciencefiction.com/stories/the-dirt-dances....
- themeiguoren 6y agoI’m thinking a shipping container zipline.