[Vision2020] Massive cargo ship arrives in Seattle’s Elliott Bay

[Kenneth Marcy]

Massive cargo ship arrives in Seattle’s Elliott Bay

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/economy/massive-cargo-ship-arrives-in-elliott-bay/ 


The largest cargo ship ever to visit the United States, the CMA CGM 
Benjamin Franklin, arrived at Harbor Island’s Terminal 18 on Monday, 
packed with electronics, clothing, furniture and sporting goods.


By Janet I. Tu <http://www.seattletimes.com/author/janet-i-tu/>
Seattle Times business reporter

The largest cargo ship to visit the United States, the CMA CGM Benjamin 
Franklin, arrived in Seattle Monday morning.

It is expected to berth at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 18 
in Seattle.

The vessel is longer than the Empire State Building, wider than a 
football field, and as tall as a 20-floor building, according to CMA 
CGM, a French container shipping company. (That’s 1,300 feet long, 177 
feet wide, and 197 feet tall.)

It has a capacity of 18,000 TEUs (or twenty foot equivalent units — the 
standard unit of measurement for cargo capacity).

“It’ll probably be several years before we see something that big 
again,” said Northwest Seaport Alliance spokesman Peter McGraw. “But 
we’ll be seeing larger vessels in the 13,000 to 14,000 size before that.”

<[More of the story at the link above.]>


Ken

P.S.:  I wonder how many jobs the products on that cargo ship 
represents, and the economic details associated with them.  --KM

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