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The Biggest Things Ever to be Transported by Sea
« on: September 07, 2017, 10:46:29 AM »
The Biggest Things Ever to be Transported by Sea

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... For hundreds of years, ingenious shipping engineering (and sometimes manpower too) has enabled some of the largest, heaviest, most cumbersome cargo to sail to where it needs to be. Here are some of the biggest things ever to be transported by sea.

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Re: The Biggest Things Ever to be Transported by Sea
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2017, 11:35:11 AM »
Yeah, those semi-submersibles are impressive.

This pic just messes with the head -



And as far as biologics go...



http://seapics.com/feature-subject/whales/blue-whale-pictures-001.html

...just your average blue whale momma and calf...

...some get as big as 200 tons and over 100'...
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Re: The Biggest Things Ever to be Transported by Sea
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2017, 03:17:20 PM »
Great read. Pan. I always marvel at some of the engineering feats today. I've seen a couple of them myself.

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Re: The Biggest Things Ever to be Transported by Sea
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 06:39:22 AM »
Looks like a transformer feeding. 
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