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Massive cargo ship arrives in Seattle’s Elliott Bay <br>
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<p class="article-deck entry-summary p-summary">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.</p>
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<div class="name vcard article-share inline disabled"> By <a
href="http://www.seattletimes.com/author/janet-i-tu/"
rel="author" class="p-author h-card hcard url fn">Janet I. Tu</a>
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<p>The largest cargo ship to visit the United States, the CMA CGM
Benjamin Franklin, arrived in Seattle Monday morning.</p>
<p>It is expected to berth at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s
Terminal 18 in Seattle.</p>
<p>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.)</p>
<p>It has a capacity of 18,000 TEUs (or twenty foot equivalent units
— the standard unit of measurement for cargo capacity).</p>
<p>“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.”<br>
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<p><[More of the story at the link above.]><br>
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Ken<br>
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<p>P.S.: I wonder how many jobs the products on that cargo ship
represents, and the economic details associated with them. --KM<br>
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