![]() ![]() And the x-rays tell them what’s in the container. What they’re doing is using special machines that are hundreds of times bigger than the ones at the airports. It would probably be closed for weeks and that would cause big, big problems. “If one of these containers had a bomb in it and was shipped to New York and it blew up, the whole port would be stopped still. Security issues are one of the biggest issues the government is currently facing, said Cottrill. – handles about 4 1/2 million containers a year, Cottrill said. Long Beach – the largest port in the U.S. These ships are so big there’s only a few ports in the world that will be able to handle them.” They’re talking in ten years time of having them carry maybe 12,000 containers. “They’re building them now to carry 7 1/2 to 8,000 boxes. – Oakland, California Seattle, Washington New York City and Long Beach, California – can handle them.Īnd they’re only going to get bigger, said Cottrill. So deep that just a few ports in the U.S. Their cargo hauls are extremely deep, he said. In fact, Cottrill told the youngsters the ships are as long as seven Statue of Liberties laying on their side and cost about $40 to $50 million each. ![]() Titanic is just a lifeboat compared to those guys.” “The container ship is much, much bigger than the Titanic. The entire journey – from shipping to delivery to the local store – takes just a few short weeks.Ībout 6,500 40-foot cargo boxes can be loaded onto one container ship, Cottrill told the youngsters. Their journey is tracked by computers to insure the right container ends up in the right place. So if you looked at your clothes and you saw a label that says it’s made in China, well, those clothes came to the United States in one of these boxes.”Ī single cargo container can carry as many as 100,000 computer games at a time. “We use these boxes to ship all sorts of goods around the world. “You’re inside a cargo container,” Cottrill told a group of youngsters who crowded into Boomerang Box, Jr., which came to Yardley from Chicago and was on its way to the nation’s capital. He also volunteered to man the box for the day and to answer questions. Ken Cottrill of Lower Makefield, who writes about international trade and was familiar with APL and the Boomerang Box program, arranged for the box to visit the school. The classroom’s goal is to acquaint youngsters with international trade and at the same time teach them about geography and transportation. The mobile classroom, measuring 20 feet long, is an educational outreach of APL Limited, which has been shipping goods around the world for 150 years. Students at the Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley found out last week when Boomerang Box, Jr., stopped by for a visit to teach youngsters about international trade. ![]()
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