Is Bigger Better ?

[astroron (Ron)]

An interesting article from the BBC website maybe worth a discussion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21432226
Cheers

[leon]

I love em, the bigger the better IMHO.

Leon

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Oh jeez,

I thought you meant...... I mean, that's usually..... Um..... extra large blooms on the rosebush

Cheers

[Rob P]

They didn't discuss the VALE class of bulkers. They are built for the Chinese/Brasil run: up to 360 metres long; 65 metres wide and a summer draft of around 23 metres and around 400,000 dwt. Big buggers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valemax

To put that in perspective, in Hay Point we're handling up to 300 metres x 50 metres x 20 metres and a dwt around 200,000 tonnes. And they take at least a nautical mile (1.852 km) to stop. Can get a bit twitchy if the engines don't fire astern!