Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics.

Originally Posted by spudboy

How?

I've stolen this from the Stromtroopers forum (Suzuki V-Strom bikes). I'm just amazed at what can be transported by sea.

Originally Posted by PTRider

While walking the dogs this morning we saw a crane delivery ship bringing three container cranes into Seattle. These came from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. They are just about ready for operation. The third photo shows the previous delivery ship at the dock ready to roll the cranes off the ship and on to temporary rails on the dock.

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The crane builder is owned by the Chinese government, and this and other crane builders often have orders booked years in advance. This builder also fabricated the sections for the new San Franciso Bay bridge. These specialized crane ships do nothing but deliver and reposition cranes. Container cranes like these load containers of motorcycles in Japan and discharge them in Los Angeles for our riding enjoyment. These cranes are 247' tall and reach out over the ships up to 175' beam with 24 stacks wide of 8' wide containers. (The containers can be 20', 40', 45' long and 8', 8'6", or 9'6" tall). The ship looks top heavy, but the stability is carefully calculated and the ship is ballasted as needed.

Originally Posted by spudboy

I showed my daughter this & she did it!
Sorry about the poor quality pic.