AusVarmint

Marcus

Not a rip out on a Saturday with a mate, sort of replacement job.
Bloody impressive numbers.
Dread to think the cost.

Yes, I dread the cost.

Back in the way back I used to deal with big industrial cranks. Longest I remember was over 21ft long.

I also remember some form of compressor crank with over 2ft of throw.

Of course the Germans were great at the repair policies for worn cranks. 2 thou wear equals buy a new one (about 14K for a bus crank - back the ). They’ve never heard of crank grinding and undersized bearings.


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It is as impressive as the 230,000 tons they push along, and it certainly dwarfs the technicians smoko table in the foreground.

frakka wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:44 pm It is as impressive as the 230,000 tons they push along, and it certainly dwarfs the technicians smoko table in the foreground.

Yes some of the new container ships carry 6 to 8000 containers sit down and think about that that is one hell of a lot of stuff .
It would be interesting to find out how much pollution the fuel one of these things creates they should be nucular driven like naval ships .

A coincidence perhaps, but here is one of those 224,000 ton ships stuck sideways in the Suez canal, the crankshaft at idle:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/ ... /100027188

Yes some of the new container ships carry 6 to 8000 containers sit down and think about that that is one hell of a lot of stuff .
It would be interesting to find out how much pollution the fuel one of these things creates they should be nucular driven like naval ships .

The Guardian has reported on new research showing that in one year, a single large container ship can emit cancer and asthma-causing pollutants equivalent to that of 50 million cars. The low grade bunker fuel used by the worlds 90,000 cargo ships contains up to 2,000 times the amount of sulfur compared to diesel fuel used in automobiles. The recent boom in the global trade of manufactured goods has also resulted in a new breed of super sized container ship which consume fuel not by the gallons, but by tons per hour, and shipping now accounts for 90% of global trade by volume.

Pete