Re: Container Transport

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

What does 5,500 TEU mean? Is that 5,500 containers per ship?
That's a lot of trucks!
What are the dimensions of these ships?


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Robert Bushby <romanabt@tassie.net.au> wrote in message
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> What potential is there for landbridging containers along the East Coast
by
> rail!
>
> Someone mentioned a while back that there was a trial between Melbourne
and
> Sydney on a weekly basis, and certainly, it seems to be happening to a
> limited extent to Fishermans Island (Brisbane) already.
>
> Latest rumours around the shipping world are that P&O Neddlloyd will
> introduce new 5,500 TEU ships on the Europe Australia run when the
"Tasman"
> commences her run later this year. These new generation large container
> ships are too big for many ports, and the word is that they will not be
able
> to get into Melbourne with their deep draft - she may even miss out on a
> couple of other ports to.
>
> With new generation container ships this size, and port charges being
> tonnage and time based, it looks like opportunities for landbridging in
> Australia may be about to increase in a big way - these ships are over
twice
> the capacity of anything else we see at the moment. Trains might be slower
> than trucks between East Coast cities, but they are still quicker than
> ships.
>
> Now let's see if the Railway marketing guru's can get out there and set
this
> up properly without  all  those colourful boxes finishing up on the back
of
> trucks.
>
> I can feel a national loco shortage coming on!!
> --
> Rob Bushby
> South Coast Extended (HO - NSWGR)
> (under construction)
> Queenstown, Tasmania.
> romanabt@tassie.net.au
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