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Star America
Cargo ships are a common sight in the harbour around Vancouver, and they're huge! This ship called the Star America was built in 1985. It's 169 metres long and about 30,000 tonnes deadweight. That's the equivalent of 1-1/2 football fields long and about 20,100 passenger cars total in weight! How does it stay afloat? The size of these ships don't quite strike you until you see the size of a regular passenger pleasurecraft in comparison:
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June 7th, 2011 - 17:09
The Star America looks massive. It makes that motorboat look like a speck in the harbor. How are your Canucks doing in the Finals? Yes, alas, I’m a fair weather hockey fan. My team isn’t in…I’ve dialed out. I’m on to tennis now.
June 7th, 2011 - 18:11
I dial out too when my teams of interest are out, so i don’t blame you. Our Canucks are still in it, up on Boston 2-1. Next game tomorrow night. It’s very exciting for Canadians to have the Cup potentially back on this side of the border. I’ve never seen mayhem in the streets as there’s been the past while after the games!
June 11th, 2011 - 13:50
What kind of cargo are these ships carrying? Just the usual necessities or something particularly associated with Vancouver?
June 12th, 2011 - 12:03
Looks like these ships carry dry cargo such as forest products and containers. Nothing particular associated with Vancouver except perhaps that a lot of forest products are being shipped out of here because forestry is a big industry in BC. I researched these ships a bit, and it says this is an open hatch cargo ship, often fitted with a gantry crane – I think we can see these gray-colored cranes on the ship? The ports in Vancouver are quite the complex operation, being a large transportation network linked to the rail lines, so maybe this crane somehow facilitates grabbing a container off the ship and loading it onto a train? (in layman’s terms!)