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Count the containers across . . . I see nine. And the width of a standard container is . . . ?
This container is beamier than the tug alongside, but by a factor of less than three. Guesses?
Since the beginning of 2016, Frisia Inn, which I consider a very strange name unless I’m missing an insider’s story, has called at ports in the US as well as a few in the Caribbean.
Her dimensions are 482′ x 75.’ A standard container is 8′ wide.
It’s port-appropriate size. Its 2016 ports of call outside the US have been St. Maarten, Trinidad, and Dominican Republic, with populations of 75,000; 1.3 million; and 10.4 million, respectively.
And the UCC stands for ??
Here’s the answer.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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