This is going to be one of them boring blogs for some of you...The last thing that a "land locked" guy from North Dakota ever thinks about when he was growing up is a sea port and I did not have much exposure to it as well in the flat lands of the prairie. So when the opportunity presented itself to tour the world's 4th largest port in Busan, Korea I jumped at the chance. Though my job has nothing to do with balancing the trade deficit, my indirect responsibilities do have a bit to do with sending product out of these ports bound for the US of A.
Anyway this port is considered a "deep water" port. The water depth at the vessel "berth" is 16 meters or about 45 ft deep. This will accommodate the world's largest cargo going vessels. These vessels are capable of loading 50,000 tons. To put that in perspective each container (the size of a semi trailer) can weigh up to 40,000 lbs. So technically one cargo ship can haul about 2500 semi trailers.
Anyway this port is considered a "deep water" port. The water depth at the vessel "berth" is 16 meters or about 45 ft deep. This will accommodate the world's largest cargo going vessels. These vessels are capable of loading 50,000 tons. To put that in perspective each container (the size of a semi trailer) can weigh up to 40,000 lbs. So technically one cargo ship can haul about 2500 semi trailers.To be considered an "ant" in this large area among these gigantic cranes & hoists is an understatement. The area of the this port was 647,000 sq meters or about 160 acres.
One other thing I found interesting is all of the cranes are operated on electric power.
These are the containers that I mentioned earlier - they come in 20 foot and 40 foot lengths. You see them all over the highway system in the US.
Until next time:"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
