Ship carrying container cranes from Shanghai, China to Tacoma, Washington [oc]

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    1. That’s is absolutely incredible, the amount of engineering on top of engineering. Great oc, why isn’t this blowing up

    2. How does it not tip over I wonder? 😮 Imagine if it has to cross through a storm or high waves…

    3. pedanticPandaPoo on

      >Across vast oceans the cranes journey, guided not by map or compass, but by memory older than time itself. They fly in perfect formation, conserving strength as they ride the invisible currents that cradle them toward distant lands.

      – David Attenborough, maybe

    4. 80sLegoDystopia on

      I have to see the rest if that ship. Whatever is below the water line must be precisely engineered.

    5. I’m guessing the off-center traveling counterweights are just white boxes waiting to be filled with something heavy?

      I always assumed those counterweights were made of solid lead or iron.

    6. Goodness. I can’t imagine how stressful it was trying to make sure their load lines stayed within SOLAS conventions.

      Or maybe it wasn’t hard at all. I’m not a shio engineer.

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