A New Ship in Town

Big news in town. The Hyundai Hope, a huge Korean container ship, arrived in Wilmington about six pm. I must admit it was pretty awesome when it came into view, a couple of miles from the shipyard.  It made the one day trip from New York in about nine hours. Tomorrow it will head back. Here are some stats. It is 157 feet wide and 1200 feet long. At that length, it exceeds the Titanic by a little over 300 feet. It can carry about 14,000 containers. hmmm. I wonder what is in all those containers. It was a gray day, and the light rain turned heavy as it slid out of sight. Pix.