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The Skycrane helicopter that OP referred to is a true beast. It can lift heavy tanks and intact electricity towers. I won't be surprised if it gets used to lift

The Skycrane helicopter that OP referred to is a true beast. It can lift heavy tanks and intact electricity towers. I won't be surprised if it gets used to lift the containers one-by-one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQrUiCd61U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQrUiCd61U

EMM_386 6y ago
That is nowhere close to the biggest. Check out the Mi-26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_IxNLNvrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_IxNLNvrY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 Even that is not enough. It can lift 20 tons, and the 40 foot containers on this ship are heavier than that.
- sn_master 6y ago
  Wow, the Chinook looks so tiny in comparison to the Mi-26. 40ft container maximum weight is 67,200 lbs. Skycrane max payload is 20,000 lbs and Mi-26 is 44,000 lbs. But do you think all the containers are at max weight? The ones on top are the lightest and the helicopters might be able to help with them after all, or maybe we can find a way to use two helicopters per container. http://containertech.com/about-containers/40-standard-vs-40-high-cube-container/ http://containertech.com/about-containers/40-standard-vs-40-...
  - Toutouxc 6y ago
    > or maybe we can find a way to use two helicopters per container Spoken like a true programmer :) That's incredibly difficult and dangerous.
    - slifin 6y ago
      Lol, Can we compose the helicopters?
      - dkersten 6y ago
        Split it into many micro-helicopters, each deployed and scaled independently?
        Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
        I'm picturing a fleet of a few thousand hobbyist drones. It would sound like a massive angry swarm of bees.
        sn_master 6y ago
        And their batteries would all run out at once and we get the biggest non-nuclear 'splash' in history.
- souprock 6y ago
  It can lift at least 56.8 to 62.5 tons, depending on your definition of tons. The heavy containers have been placed on the bottom of the ship for better stability, leaving the lightest ones on top.
  - CraigJPerry 6y ago
    28 tons of that is the helicopter itself though i think?
- rtkwe 6y ago
  Can be heavier than that most won't be the max gross tonage. The biggest hurdle might be knowing which ones they can pick though. In not sure if the shipping company keeps the weights of every container on file somewhere.

EMM_386 6y ago

That is nowhere close to the biggest. Check out the Mi-26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_IxNLNvrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_IxNLNvrY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 Even that is not enough. It can lift 20 tons, and the 40 foot containers on this ship are heavier than that.

sn_master 6y ago
Wow, the Chinook looks so tiny in comparison to the Mi-26. 40ft container maximum weight is 67,200 lbs. Skycrane max payload is 20,000 lbs and Mi-26 is 44,000 lbs. But do you think all the containers are at max weight? The ones on top are the lightest and the helicopters might be able to help with them after all, or maybe we can find a way to use two helicopters per container. http://containertech.com/about-containers/40-standard-vs-40-high-cube-container/ http://containertech.com/about-containers/40-standard-vs-40-...
- Toutouxc 6y ago
  > or maybe we can find a way to use two helicopters per container Spoken like a true programmer :) That's incredibly difficult and dangerous.
  - slifin 6y ago
    Lol, Can we compose the helicopters?
    - dkersten 6y ago
      Split it into many micro-helicopters, each deployed and scaled independently?
      - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
        I'm picturing a fleet of a few thousand hobbyist drones. It would sound like a massive angry swarm of bees.
        sn_master 6y ago
        And their batteries would all run out at once and we get the biggest non-nuclear 'splash' in history.
souprock 6y ago
It can lift at least 56.8 to 62.5 tons, depending on your definition of tons. The heavy containers have been placed on the bottom of the ship for better stability, leaving the lightest ones on top.
- CraigJPerry 6y ago
  28 tons of that is the helicopter itself though i think?
rtkwe 6y ago
Can be heavier than that most won't be the max gross tonage. The biggest hurdle might be knowing which ones they can pick though. In not sure if the shipping company keeps the weights of every container on file somewhere.