Re: Container Transport

["Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

TEU = Twenty foot Equivalent Unit = 1 standard size twenty foot long
container.

Regards,
Russ.

David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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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