We are a society of, "Take the Easy Way out and Buy the Cheapest piece of junk you can buy" .

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

One of our own USA corporations got it right and the workers of China are the winners. We have lost the ability to provide jobs for our own people in exchange for lower prices and greed. And our president thinks encouraging the Chinese representative with a lavish banquet is in our union workers best interest.

Our nation has fallen so far from it's best days, I fear we are doomed.

 

    

The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping  line,
                  is shown in the photos  below.

 

  
              What a  ship....no wonder 'Made in China '  is displacing
North  American made goods big  time

This monster transports goods across the Pacific  in just 5
days!!  This is one of three ships presently  in service, with another two
ships  commissioned to be completed in 2012. 

 

 
        These ships were commissioned  by Wal-Mart to get all their
goods  and stuff from China . They hold an incredible  15,000
containers  and have a 207 foot deck beam!!  The full  crew is just
13  people on a ship longer  than a US Aircraft Carrier (which has  a
crew of  5,000.  With its 207' beam it is too big to  fit through the
Panama or   Suez Canals   ..

 

It is strictly Transpacific. Cruise speed: 31  knots.

The  goods arrive 4 days before the typical container  ship (18-20
knots)  on a China-to-California    run.  91%  of Wal-Mart products are
made  in China .So  this behemoth is hugely competitive even
when carrying  perishable goods.
                 
 
The  ship was built in five sections. The sections  floated
together  and then  welded.
 
The  command bridge is higher than a 10-story  building and has
11 cargo  crane rigs that can operate simultaneously  unloading
the  entire ship in less than two  hours.
  Additional  info:

                  Country of origin -   Denmark
                       Length -  1,302 ft
                       Width -  207 ft
                       Net cargo  - 123,200 tons
                       Engine -  14 cylinders in-line diesel engine (110,000  BHP)
                       Cruise  Speed - 31 knots
                       Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 cubic  feet)
                       Crew - 13  people !
                       First Trip  - Sept. 08,  2006
                        Construction cost - US  $145,000,000+
 
Silicone painting  applied to the ship bottom reduces  water 
resistance  and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per  year.

 

                 Editorial  Comment!

A  recent documentary in late March, 2010 on the  History
Channel  noted that all of these containers are shipped  back to
China   , EMPTY.  Yep, that's right. 
We send  nothing back on these ships. What  does that tell you
about  the current financial state of this  country? Just  keep
buying  those imported goods (mostly gadgets) until you  run out
of money.

  DO You have to wonder what the cause of unemployment
may be? Have you lost your job already? Do you remain unemployed for more than 6 months? Is there an unemployment crisis in the U.S. and Canada right now?

Could it be NAFTA was the wrong policy at the wrong time? I think so.