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Seven and a half years ago I posted on APL President Truman and even longer ago tugster did this on Bellavia.
Enjoy a few more pics of President Truman before learning its fate. The photo below was taken in September 2007.
March 2009.
June 2009. Dimensions on President Truman are 902′ x 129.’ As such, she could not traverse the current Panama Canal. Teu capacity on Truman is about 4500.
In the foreground in the photo above, of course, that’s Capt. Log, now retired. The assisting tugs are shown below. McAllister Brothers nearer and . . .I can’t identify . . . astern of her.
Here from May 2009 is sister vessel President Polk, assisted by Ellen McAllister and McAllister Sisters.
Both Polk and Truman are no more. Nor are Adams and Jackson. All dead. Click here and scroll to page 41. They were all renamed President 1, President 2 . . . and taken to Chittagong for scrapping. I’d love to find photos of these vessels being scrapped.
Which brings us to this past weekend. And this vessel. Teu capacity is over 8000. Dimension 1095′ x 138.’ See the crewman standing watching on the bow . . .
Near the salt pile they pass, Zim Monaco 4250 teu.
Now that the process of raising the Bayonne Bridge has become, maybe some folks will imagine widening the KVK. By the way, if you see little difference between Pacific Link and the Presidents, count the number of containers across the stern.
And an 8000 teu vessel, as appropriate as it may be for some locations, is “compact” compared to what already sails the oceans–20,000 and up–and what is being planned: 25,000 teus and up.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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